OT: a precaution to consider

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In a message dated 9/21/2003 3:57:05 PM Central Daylight Time,

barbara.wicks@... writes:

>

> Before forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in

> >google.com. My phone number came up, and when I clicked on the

> >MapQuest link, it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please

> look up

> >your own number. Read below for details.

> >

> >Think about it--if a child, single person, ANYONE

> >gives outhis/her phone number, someone can actually now

> >look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious,

> >and alarming. This is not a hoax; Mapquest will put a star on your house

> on your

> >street. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to:

> >http://www.google.com/ Type your phone number in the

> >search bar (i.e. ) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK

> >Google from divulging your private information, simply click on the

> telephone

> >icon next to your phone number. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.

> If

> >you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but it is a

> >good idea just to check. Please forward to friends and family.

> ---------------------------------------

forwarded by Carol A

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I have been using reverse lookup for years when applying for a job etc. It

is really not different from the telephone book for looking up by name. All

you need to prevent this if you are bothered is get an unlisted number. That

goes for the Internet too. It is not private. Anything you write can be read

by others. That is the nature of the Internet. The only problem I have is the

gov looking into our affairs secretly. The key word here is secret.

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I typed in my phone. Yes, it brought up my name, but when I clicked on both

the Map Quest and the Yahoo maps, it put us at an address 4 miles away...

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OT: a precaution to consider

In a message dated 9/21/2003 3:57:05 PM Central Daylight Time,

barbara.wicks@... writes:

>

> Before forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in

> >google.com. My phone number came up, and when I clicked on the

> >MapQuest link, it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please

> look up

> >your own number. Read below for details.

> >

> >Think about it--if a child, single person, ANYONE

> >gives outhis/her phone number, someone can actually now

> >look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious,

> >and alarming. This is not a hoax; Mapquest will put a star on your house

> on your

> >street. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to:

> >http://www.google.com/ Type your phone number in the

> >search bar (i.e. ) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK

> >Google from divulging your private information, simply click on the

> telephone

> >icon next to your phone number. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.

> If

> >you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but it is

a

> >good idea just to check. Please forward to friends and family.

> ---------------------------------------

forwarded by Carol A

[Guest guest]

> I recently moved, so like Tara, it came up with the previous owner of

> the phone #. But at least now, I know why I keep getting fax calls

> to my home phone # since the previous owner was a business!

Once when we moved to San Diego, we found out that our new phone number had

been (and for a while still was) listed on a webpage for some white

supremacist group. We'd get calls asking for information about the Oklahoma

bombing conspiracy -- and I would let them know very politely that I was a

Navy wife with a Secret clearance from the Air Force, and would they like to

continue this conversation? LOL!

But seriously, this Google/Mapquest thing has gone on long before there was

an internet -- Reverse phone lookup directories have existed for years, used

my telemarketers extensively. Our city phone book has an entire reverse

lookup section, where you can look up a number and find the address it is

attached to. Truthfully, anyone can look up anything about you that they

want, and there is very little to prevent this from happening. Your privacy

becomes less private every day. The fact that we're all signed up for Yahoo

right here means that somewhere there is a database with all our

information.

~~ Lyn