torpedo0126
Member
All,
I got an email the other day from a friend telling me about www.spokeo.com. Perhaps this is a well known website and I am just clueless but it is a massive collection of information about everyone. It is essentially a huge white pages that takes it a step further...they gather all sorts of third party information and put it together on a URL about you.
My page contained accurate information about former jobs, magazines I subscribe too, email addresses, accurate estimate of my hometown house's value and even that the home was owned by my mother. They even provide a section where a subscription allows you to view credit history (not sure how that works, it might only be for you).
They even put a google mapshot of your home!
Finally, you can do a reverse email search on your email and they tell you all the various networks you belong to. I was very concerned when I searched one of my email addresses and I found all of my FLICKR pictures were available.
You can delete your URL by following their instructions but social networking information you can only control by changing your privacy settings.
I might be making a bigger deal about this than I should, but I was a little concerned on how much information was compiled on me in one spot.
I got an email the other day from a friend telling me about www.spokeo.com. Perhaps this is a well known website and I am just clueless but it is a massive collection of information about everyone. It is essentially a huge white pages that takes it a step further...they gather all sorts of third party information and put it together on a URL about you.
My page contained accurate information about former jobs, magazines I subscribe too, email addresses, accurate estimate of my hometown house's value and even that the home was owned by my mother. They even provide a section where a subscription allows you to view credit history (not sure how that works, it might only be for you).
They even put a google mapshot of your home!
Finally, you can do a reverse email search on your email and they tell you all the various networks you belong to. I was very concerned when I searched one of my email addresses and I found all of my FLICKR pictures were available.
You can delete your URL by following their instructions but social networking information you can only control by changing your privacy settings.
I might be making a bigger deal about this than I should, but I was a little concerned on how much information was compiled on me in one spot.
