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Re: [ST] Phone Book to Hell The power of the internet....
- Subject: Re: [ST] Phone Book to Hell The power of the internet....
- From: "Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:49:26 -0500
Basically, living in the modern magnetic ink world as we all do, your
privacy evaporated a long time ago, and you're not getting it back, Google,
phonebooks, or otherwise. The information age owns all our asses.....
Denis Liakos
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: [ST] Phone Book to Hell The power of the internet....
>
> OK, all you "phone book" protagonists, that ain't the point. Believe it
> or not I have actually seen a phone book, even used one for something
> besides toilet paper :--)
>
> But a phone book ain't' a reverse look up tool. You know someone's name,
> you look up the phone number and address. That's how they work. What
> concerns me is the fact that someone can get a anonymous phone number and
> instantly find out who owns it and a freakin map to where they live.
>
> Sure, I know reverse look-ups have existed for years on the internet, use
> them in my work sometimes. But they ain't "Google". Any stupid freakin
> moron knows where google is and how to use it.
>
> A few scenarios that you might consider.
>
> 1) You are up late some night, you go to call a friend, you misdial, it's
> 2:30 am, you get some crack pot on the other end screaming how you just
> ruined his whole nights sleep. You hang up. Before, that would be the
> end of that. But now this meathead, jumps up, keys your phone number into
> google, and heads over to your house for a little front yard olympics.
> Could happen easily.
>
> 2) You put an add in the local paper to sell a sweet vintage bike, list
> your phone number. The local bike gang check your number out on google.
> Too stupid to find your house by just an address, they print the map and
> stake our your house. Ahhhh, the plotting begins.
>
> 3) You meet some sweet chick at the bar, you write down your number on a
> napkin, slip it into her delicate hand, hoping she will call you in a day
> or so. You didn't know she was married to the most jealous ex-con on the
> planet. He finds the napkin while rummaging through her purse looking for
> crack. He goes ballistic. Goes to the computer and you, my friend are
> now on a mangle and destroy list and don't even know it. He can even read
> the map.
>
> I could go on, and I bet you guys can come up with some even more bizarre
> scenarios.
>
> Sure, far fetched, but just one more possible way to be hassled, easily.
> Too easily in my book.
>
> I'll tell ya one thing for sure, just hope no one plays the old joke on
> you, you know the one where somebody scribbles your phone number on the
> bathroom wall.......
>
> "For a good time call 972-555-1212". You might become way more popular
> that you want.
>
>
> And just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean the world is NOT out to get
> me.
>
> :--))))
>
>
>
> eL Donut
> jinete en la tormenta
>
> STeve Duncan
> '00-Sprint-ST
>
>
>
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