11-19-2010, 08:10 PM
I came across this and felt it was sufficiently worrying that I should announce it here. An internet site named 'Spokeo' has been trawling the internet and compiling information on US citizens (and probably citizens of other places too), some of which it is making freely available and much more of which it will give out on payment of a fee.
I had a look at it and worryingly, with very little effort I found several RAT members details. The details which were freely available were: Name, age range, relationship, name of spouse, town and street name (along with a map), the type of property, the value of the property and the telephone number. That is just what they were giving away for free! For a fee they will also give out information on your family, your level of wealth, your hobbies, what social networks you are involved with and many other things as well I am sure. I find this extremely worrying.
The link below gives a bit more information about it and also contains a link you can use to remove your information.
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/ ... pokeo.html
Crispvs
I had a look at it and worryingly, with very little effort I found several RAT members details. The details which were freely available were: Name, age range, relationship, name of spouse, town and street name (along with a map), the type of property, the value of the property and the telephone number. That is just what they were giving away for free! For a fee they will also give out information on your family, your level of wealth, your hobbies, what social networks you are involved with and many other things as well I am sure. I find this extremely worrying.
The link below gives a bit more information about it and also contains a link you can use to remove your information.
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/ ... pokeo.html
Crispvs
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