On Monday 16 April 2007 15:57, Richard Harke wrote: > On Sat April 14 2007 06:41, Gandalf Parker wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Richard Harke wrote: > > > I find this rather alarming as I doubt if the sender is a > > > friend. I also don't know where they got the info as I never post > > > such info in public forums. I'm wondering if my ISP could have > > > suffered a breakin as that seems the most likely to tie together > > > all the elements. > > > > > > Has any one else had this problem or any suggestion? > > > > See if it can be googled. > > > > And the computer guru said "Google thyself". > > Then he said "For to google thyself is to know thyself, > > and to see thyself as others see you". > > Now available as a shirt at > > http://www.cafepress.com/oddthotz.40658864?pid=2837642 > > > > Sorry, Im not playing light on it. This is a shirt I made to make a > > point. Everyone should google themselves. If it can be googled, > > then you will know whats out there and where it came from. Ive been > > a netcop for as long as there has been internet and I think that > > everyone should google: > > > > (A) their name. As a full string. On a regular basis I google > > "Anthony A. G. Parker" and sometimes "Gandalf Parker" with the > > quotes. (but Gandalf Parker comes up with way too many hits in web > > and newsgroups. Its a good thing Google only goes back a couple of > > decades) > > > > (B) their street address, maybe just their street. You might find > > someone talking about you. You might find history on your house. > > You might find something bad is happening on your street. You might > > discover a friend near you. > > > > (C) your phone number. Is it listed someplace other than white > > pages or yellow pages? Is it connected to your name and info about > > you? > > > > (D) your social security number. Some people are nervous about > > typing info like that into any computer. After all, search engines > > do keep records. Its up to you whether you want to do that or not. > > But its not like you are attaching it to anything. And if it shows > > up, such as some kids "cracked info" page, then you want to know. I > > wouldnt do this one too often. > > > > (E) your kids. By ALL means if you have kids old enough to type > > then google your kids. They cant complain that you are snooping if > > you find public info about them. You can setup google to do a > > regular search on things and email you any new results. > > > > (F) your parents. If they are still living then for the same reason > > as searching on you and your kids. If they arent then it can be > > interesting. > > > > By the way, as far as any of that info... you can easily find any > > of it on me (except social security number). Ive got info pages > > everywhere, and resumes, and life stories. Im even in the whois > > database if anyone still knows how to ask for a personal id mine is > > gp1628 > > Thanks for the ideas. > I have googled several of these and not found anything bothersome. My > street name turns out to be pretty well known in some cities so the > number of hits is pretty large. I have tried searching on a piece of > my SSN but the number of hits is huge. > Richard
If you prefer privacy, in light of the AOL query log fiasco, I suggest you not query all of these things from the same IP address at the same time, nor when logged in to google. --Ken -- Ken Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory. Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology. http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/
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