interesting....to put it mildly

[wyndhy]

bigbad sent me this in an e-mail today: there is a web site out there that may or may not have you...yes YOU listed on it. for a small 23-ish$ fee...anyone, and i mean anyone, can check you out and find out almost anything they want to know.

scary stuff, my friends.

it's called www.zabasearch.com

if you want yourself removed, you must send them an e-mail. i have the email addy but i'm not sure if it's cool to post it here. pm me if you want it or maybe one of the mods will let me know it's okay to post it.

[dicksbro]

It is scary. Yep, I would like the e-mail address (you could PM me) but suspect that if they're doing this, there are probably a dozen other copycats doing or will do the same thing. :(

Here's an area the politicians should be addressing. Doubt they will, but they should. :mad:

[wyndhy]

you are absolutely right!. i'll bet there are tons of other copy cats DB. pm is on it's way as soon as i stop typing in this box and get to my messages :D

[osuche]

Let's seee......the site has my phone number from 1997 (wow! I bet you could trace me from that! Especially since I haven't lived in Cincinnati since 1999). It also pulls up a very interesting dialogue on "Wendy's Hamburgers". Why? Cause they'r ebased in Ohio??? :p

Oh......and according to the site....this is my pic! :D ;)

[osuche]

None of which is true...thank God. :D


But thanks Wyndhy for the tip -- this thing could be dangerous!

[Lilith]

It's probably only using public records.

[jennaflower]

Actually... do to what I do for a living I absolutely LOVE this particular site.... I have found more than a few rather illusive parents because of it. :) :)

[scotzoidman]

It's probably only using public records.
That would be my gues as well...what they have posted on me ( without paying the fee for the background check) is fairly incomplete, considering how much one could get from any search of public records, e.g., they have my year of birth but not the month or date...also found, interestingly enough, about 5 other losers in this great land that share my handle...& 2 are about the same age as I, one of them at least part of a year older...damn, & I was convinced I wuz the 1st...
a few months back my wife showed my with some alarm what a google search of our phone # would bring up...all that really showed was the Real Yellow Pages listing, & where I signed up to be listed at Bandtastic (a little southeastern website to put musicians together with each other & possible venues to play...)

[Lilith]

Yep...Give me those details and I can run a wicked search as well. what I loved was that there is a typo in our name on the tax rolls. That's how we were listed :p

[wyndhy]

true, but peeps who go looking for public records ('cept just a phone # and address) usually need to show some form of id, check in, etc, not just click and paypal. it just makes me nervous.

[Lilith]

Public records like address and tax rolls, birth death, marriage and divorce are available at just a click. You don't have to sign up for/register/show anything. In fact in my state even the voter's registrations are available. Just have to search the county's online data.

[Lilith]

Actually I take it back...in order to access my county's clerk of courts traffic and civil court records I do have to type my full name on a non disclosure/copy agreement.

[wyndhy]

wow. just one click, for all that? or does some sluething need to be done?

what about the addresses of your family/relatives, roomates, legal stuff, leins....some of those things have your ss# on them as well.

it just seems creepy to me that anyone can do it all in one fell swoop for the price of a decent diner. especially nowadays, when id theft and internet stalking are a real, if somewhat rare, concern.

[scotzoidman]

wow. just one click, for all that? or does some sluething need to be done?

what about the addresses of your family/relatives, roomates, legal stuff, leins....some of those things have your ss# on them as well.

it just seems creepy to me that anyone can do it all in one fell swoop for the price of a decent diner. especially nowadays, when id theft and internet stalking are a real, if somewhat rare, concern.
ID theft IS a real concern, & we're prob better off not knowing how easily available so much detail of one's so-called private life is out there for the taking...I know I sleep better if I don't think about it...

[Lilith]

SSN is not disclosed on any of the clerk sites that I know of but I know I found transfer of title info on homes and businesses.

Seems when they tell you things are public record, they are. My state lists all the people who have warrants for non-support on their website for all to see. Searchable by name or county.

[wyndhy]

but i don't have a warrant. when you break the law, you lose privilages and privacy. i haven't broken any laws but there's alot of stuff there about me.

[fredchabotnick]

I don't want to think how easy it is to get personal information. Luckily, everything that's on there is over two years old.
Although I have to admit, there is a part of me that feels like Steve Martin in the Jerk when he got the phonebook.

I'M SOMEBODY!

:grin:

[Lilith]

but i don't have a warrant. when you break the law, you lose privilages and privacy. i haven't broken any laws but there's alot of stuff there about me.
wyndhy I had a huge issue with a professor a couple of semesters ago who was requiring us to show her a voter's ID to even be possible to get an A on an exam. I wrote a huge rebuttal to her based on the fact that voter reg rolls are public domain in my area and that privacy issues were one reason some people don't register. I understand your amazement at finding out that so much of your private life has always been public record. It's one of the reason celebrity info is so easily splashed all over the tabloids. Everything is public record.

[BIGbad]

That is a funny scene! (http://www.jahozafat.com/cgi-bin/mp3s.cgi?Jerk=phone1.mp3)

[wyndhy]

my naivete is showing again
*shivers*
i'm starting a commune: clothing optional, and if you don't want to tell me i don't want to know.

[wyndhy]

That is a funny scene! (http://www.jahozafat.com/cgi-bin/mp3s.cgi?Jerk=phone1.mp3)
*snort*
all i want is this lamp.....

[Lilith]

LOL don't let the DOJ know we are all naked or at least not on web cam :p
CommuneCam :grin:

[wyndhy]

omg lmao.
communecam.... ha!

[maddy]

I'm too tired to read all that was wrote here. This was an assignment I had to complete for a masters level class - find as much about yourself on the internet as possible. I know where I lived in Texas all property tax records were online, complete with sales and pictures of your house ... all you needed was an address or name to find the information. No sign up to access the information was necessay. Same was true for the county property tax information. Likewise, in Wisconsin all court records are public online. Again no need to provide any information to gain access - just click "agree" and you are in... searches can be completed with just three letters of a last name.

[scotzoidman]

searches can be completed with just three letters of a last name.
now that's scary...

[Lilith]

Just saw this and thought it was interesting....Is this a case of being able to dish it out but not take it?

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/google_cnet/index.htm?cnn=yes

[wyndhy]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
*thhhhhpppppppppbbbffffft*

totally, lil....assholios :rmgdeyes: