It seems IB4m a bit older than I thought and have been living with my parents
in Ct. for the past 15 yrs. ItB4s been one hell of a commute getting to my
symphony rehearsals in Reykjavik every morning..lmao
Sent from Ricky's iPad
On Jan 5, 2011, at 3:55 PM, "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Don't bother.... Spokeo, like many other similar sites, merely aggregates
> information that you've already provided to available open public sites.
> If you've posted information on the internet, it can be found. Further,
> there are many public information sites available for looking into real
> estate ownership, property tax records, etc. If anyone wants to know
> something about you in particular, they can do easy searches of public
> records to find out stuff about you. If you post information on Facebook,
> or Twitter, or any other social network site, that information can be
> retrieved by most anyone. In the case of social networking sites, some of
> them offer various forms of "privacy" (such as for "friends only", etc.)...
> but the bottom line is simple: The internet is a huge repository of
> information tidbits about most anybody.
>
> In other words: trying to get your information expunged from Spokeo is a
> waste of time... Just like the game "whack a mole", if you stop one site,
> another will pop up with the information within seconds...If you are truly
> concerned about privacy, then don't use social network sites, obfuscate
your
> email addresses, and minimize what information you provide to any on-line
> service. You can never be entirely cleared from the internet because
> public records are still searchable. But, you can be careful about how
> widely you circulate information.
>
> By the way, none of these information aggregator sites (Spokeo, Peekyou,
> iSearch, Intelius, etc.) can guarantee accuracy of information...they
merely
> search for what is readily available. So, even if there is a reference to
> you out there, no one can be sure that the information is accurate...(
> personally, I don't believe I am important enough for people to really care
> about what information they can find about me on the internet....most
people
> spend their time searching out information on themselves... I think it is
an
> "ego" thing...lol)
>
> The one thing that you can do to make matters worse is to respond to
queries
> or "cancellation" requests from sites like Spokeo... if you verify
> information they've collected, then you've made matters worse...best
option:
> Just ignore them.
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