Scary website
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: California
Posts: 3,502
Someone at work forwarded me this today. You can find someone by name, and I mean a LOT about someone.
You are supposed to be able to set Privacy settings (WAAAYYY at the bottom in tiny print Privacy) but, I tried and it just keeps saying that in order to prevent abuse they have to limit the number of privacy requests. Please try again later.
http://www.spokeo.com
You are supposed to be able to set Privacy settings (WAAAYYY at the bottom in tiny print Privacy) but, I tried and it just keeps saying that in order to prevent abuse they have to limit the number of privacy requests. Please try again later.
http://www.spokeo.com
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North East Lower peninsula of Michigan
Posts: 6,231
Well after checking it out I can tell you it is not accurate!
It says my parents have no children and alot of other things that were off the mark. The information is quite old as the children it lists living with me it also list living elsewhere! It will give you an address but those are not accurate either from what I saw. I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I went to another search engine and found a girlfriend from high school that I lost track of about 20 years ago. It gave her address and I mailed her a note. WE also found a relative when my BIL passed away.
It says my parents have no children and alot of other things that were off the mark. The information is quite old as the children it lists living with me it also list living elsewhere! It will give you an address but those are not accurate either from what I saw. I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I went to another search engine and found a girlfriend from high school that I lost track of about 20 years ago. It gave her address and I mailed her a note. WE also found a relative when my BIL passed away.
#3
Wow - that is scary - they have my birthday wrong, but everything else is pretty darn close. I really don't like that they tie into google earth and show a picture of my house. I checked a few other relatives, and it was really close, too.
#6
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: California
Posts: 3,502
I found everyone I searched on and it was pretty accurate. It has my info, that I am head of household, that my daughter lives with me and her name (she moved out last year) and shows a picture of my house. I looked up my brother and sisters and it's accurate, if not close enough.
If that's not enough to be concerned about then I don't know what is.
If that's not enough to be concerned about then I don't know what is.
#7
I just looked up my daughter, who lives just outside Atlanta. They have her, her husband and one son (she has two) listed as living at two different houses, one is four times more valuable than the other, and it isn't her picture that is shown!
#8
It is a directory.....and not a very good one at that. The information it has on me is wrong....my children no longer live with me and the picture of our house was taken years ago. So it is very outdated information.
As far as Google Earth goes anyone with your address can pinpoint and get pretty close to seeing your house.
As far as Google Earth goes anyone with your address can pinpoint and get pretty close to seeing your house.
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