Removing personal info from web?
Grandkid comes over who is taking a elementary police class, and in few second finds my info on web. Some of info is from public records I think, and other info I believe is from daughter thinking ho...
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valhalla360 wrote:
First stop using the internet.
Second, stop using the phone.
Third, stop using credit cards
Fourth, without telling anyone move to a remote area and live on nuts and berries.
Even this isn't 100%.
Seriously, it is amazing what can be figured out from seemingly innocuous information.
And this is it exactly. The other thing to stop doing is using store loyalty cards.
We lost our privacy back in the '1920s when credit cards were introduced. Direct marketing firms have been maintaining lists of us, our income, our buying habits, addresses, phone numbers, etc. since at least the mid-'1940s.
Interesting articles below, but don't read them if you fear for your privacy.
Target predicts teen pregnancy before her father knows
How companies learn your secrets
What’s Even Creepier Than Target Guessing That You’re Pregnant?
What you can find out about yourself on the web doesn't even scratch the surface of what kind of data about us is in the hands of others.
