? About Pinterest and QB
#21
ditto ...i do searches of my husband & i once in a while using different search engines and then different "people finder" sites. i have several bookmarked. so far most free info is incorrect --outdated address' (we moved a lot) and very outdated phone numbers. have never found our cell phones on searches. the lower our inet prescence the more privacy (& personal ID safety) we retain.
#22
I do not mind people posting photos of my quilts. What I really object to is when they put their name to it as their own. My Mother's quilt that I designed and made for her 90th birthday and in the center a picture of her and my Father really ticked me off. It also had tracings of each child, grandchild and great grandchildren with their names. Strange that a family would have the same names and birthdays and my family.
#23
I altered the HTML on my blogs so nothing there is pinnable. I've had people email and ask if I'll take it off, they want to pin whole posts. Pffpft... the world is full of lazys with no clue about rights and civility.
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,426
The accurate background sites are not free and are not cheap. I did a background check on DH and myself. The info was correct down to the name of the Realtor we used to buy our last house. I doubt anyone will ever know if these sites get hacked.
#25
"not cheap" is the key ...random neighborhood/town hackers who steal your mail or get your name aren't going to spend any amount of money to get all your important personal data. baddies who have the dollars to spend on that sort of reseacrch will just put their efforts & dollars into hacking Target & other places we so freely share our personal info with.
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3,430
Oh my! I hope I didn't upset anyone. I did see two lovely quilts here that I wanted to save for future viewing so I pinned them to my Pinterest board. I have always requested permission from the QB member before, but was in a great hurry this time as I needed to leave for an appointment and failed to ask permission. If it was me, please take no offense, I did it because I LOVE your quilts and wanted to look at them better and longer.
#27
Originally Posted by Geri B;7080718
You and I are in the same boat...I only hope it's not the titanic! I do as little on computer, tablet, phone as possible. If i do want to research something, I will do a search on the net, find all the links, find the one(s) I may want and be done with it. However, as an aside, I do like watching YouTube quilting tutes......better than when they were on tv......jmho
I am going to fix me some breakfast now, pick up the house, get me out my William Kent Krueger audiobook and listen and try to get 13 blocks made today and when I am done with that, I will do some hand binding. That's all I can handle in this lifetime. But, thank you for agreeing with me on some things....my daughter-in-law and son think I am wacko and are ready to put me in the home. I don't think so!!!!! I honestly think my brain is better than theirs, because I am stuck in the last century and don't even want to think about what I would have to learn to keep my head above water - glub, glub, glub. Have a great day. Edie
#28
Super Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,184
I think once you post an image anywhere on the internet you have no expectation of keeping it private - that is why you have to be careful about what you post and what you want to remain private e.g. pictures, address, posts, etc because once its posted its out there for everyone to see.
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: central Indiana
Posts: 1,166
I do understand your feelings. I imagine the person who 'pinned' it did so because she/he liked your quilt and wanted to remember it. It is kind of like I do when I snap a photo of someone's landscaping or decorating when I'm out and about....I save to a file I have titled 'Ideas'.
#30
I think social media is a damned if you do , damned if you don't thing. To enjoy the benefits of it, we have to put ourselves out there and I can say I am uncomfortable with that to a large degree. I do Pinterest, and pin links of things that interest me, so I enjoy that aspect of it. On the other hand, my Facebook page is not much to write home about, because I'm not telling the world where I work, or who my kids are, or what I'm doing, etc. That creeps me out to think some stranger would know personal things about me like that. Of course, I'm an old broad, and may be behind the times, but that's just how I feel.
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