People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark SecretsAnd Tell Anyone

rookietrucker · Mar 11, 2009

People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark SecretsAnd Tell Anyone

JR Raphael, PC World
Mar 10, 2009 10:30 pm

I know things about my lawyer I absolutely should not know. He's 55 years old, listens to the music of the band Creed, and screams like a little girl when riding roller coasters. He also relaxes with New Age spa treatments and is thinking about getting an electronic nose hair trimmer. And that's just the start.

Now, let me be clear: I've never spent a single moment outside the office with this guy (and for what it's worth, I'd just as soon not be privy to his personal grooming habits). I learned all of these details by tracking his social footprint across the Web--and he probably has no idea that he has left such a vivid trail behind.

In our age of social sharing, we expect some of our thoughts to be public. But as we slowly put more and more pieces of ourselves online, specialized search engines are making it easier than ever to pull them together into a highly detailed (and potentially invasive) profile of our virtual lives.

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Baack · Mar 11, 2009

My x brother in-law and his friends would play a game on google
They would compete for who had the most links about themselves
I am afraid to look my self up LOL

Maxiomega · Mar 24, 2009

I know I was shocked when I searched myself. All the web sites I run, and web pages, plus any posts ever posted in a public forum. It really is an eye opener. You also have a record of every IP that has accessed a web site, and can convert that through Google to find the name and address of the individual it is registered to. Pretty scary stuff.

GuysLady · Mar 24, 2009

I googled me.. only two that were actually me... then googled the name I use most often... Oops... there were a few too many references to me...

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