John Beck writes:
> I don't like this. I also don't like the fact that there is detailed
> information and a photo of my house on the county assessor's website.
Then you'd better point that webcam toward the ceiling too ;-)
> Last week I was watching the network news and I was surprised to see
> them air a POW giving his name rank and Social Security Number. Poor
> guy's troubles might just be starting.
His SSN??? His service number maybe - but if they actually sent out that
guy's SSN un-bleeped then I agree - he's probably already bought a BMW and a
diamond necklace without knowing it.
> Hopefully, either Avid or Ben Grosser can give Janelle a little help on
> this one. --J.B.
I dunno about pages which may have already been "crawled". I know you can
embed stuff in web pages to tell the "reputable" bots not to collect and
cache the pages - but as to how that might affect the dis-reputable ones
it's hard to say. Google has some info regarding this somewhere on their
site.
I'm not sure I *want* to know how much crap about me is out there - and
that's just the readily accessible "public" stuff. What you can dig up for
a fee of $39.95 is probably very scary. As a matter of fact, some companies
are now using some of these data-mining "tools" to pre-screen (or dig up
dirt on) prospective employees. There was an article on MSNBC today about
the Feds - under the auspices of "Homeland Security" - going as far as
checking grocery bills to see if there are any "suspicious patterns"...
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/893360.asp?0pu=72>.
Let's see - every week this guy in Ohio buys about 10 Budget Gourmet
"Swedish Meatball" entrees, a carton of Marlboro Reds, a 12 pack of Coca
Cola and a bag of cat litter.
That guy's GOT to be up to something... ;-)
-jimmy
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