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A Web Site Mysteriously Knows Who I Am & Details About My Last Visit. Scary!
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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1836855" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Sorry Patrick, I didn't see your message when I was typing my way too long reply above.</p><p></p><p>I didn't even think of phone books. We get many different ones delivered here. I can't check them today because they go straightaway into the recycle tub. I'll surely check the next one. </p><p></p><p>Grace does go on Facebook, but without her long name or birthdate & certainly not the precious phone number. She said she doesn't type anything to people there, just looks around. But the Facebook people are famously good at digging deep.</p><p>I've never been to Facebook or any social media site on any computer or phone I've owned, so I should be in the clear. (Yeah, sure I am!)</p><p></p><p>Sites are really snoop-crazy as evidenced by checking Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Manage Website Data. </p><p>I just tested by opening Safari in a private window and typing <u>only</u> Amazon.com & pressing <enter>. After Amazon loaded I went to Manage Website Data. The list was huge! And this was before I searched for anything. So much for Private Window. I can only imagine what Google and Facebook do when on one of their sites. (I tried the same test by going only to this site. Even after logging in the list was empty. Kudos to Mac-Forums for keeping our data private!)</p><p></p><p>I forgot about obituaries and county death records. </p><p>I'm sure Grace's 'real' name Grace-Marie appeared on the obituary notices & death records for her parents and on obituaries for her grand parents. Those records are both here in the US and in Canada, as well as probably Scotland. Wow! Her name sure gets around!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1836855, member: 76746"] Sorry Patrick, I didn't see your message when I was typing my way too long reply above. I didn't even think of phone books. We get many different ones delivered here. I can't check them today because they go straightaway into the recycle tub. I'll surely check the next one. Grace does go on Facebook, but without her long name or birthdate & certainly not the precious phone number. She said she doesn't type anything to people there, just looks around. But the Facebook people are famously good at digging deep. I've never been to Facebook or any social media site on any computer or phone I've owned, so I should be in the clear. (Yeah, sure I am!) Sites are really snoop-crazy as evidenced by checking Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Manage Website Data. I just tested by opening Safari in a private window and typing [U]only[/U] Amazon.com & pressing <enter>. After Amazon loaded I went to Manage Website Data. The list was huge! And this was before I searched for anything. So much for Private Window. I can only imagine what Google and Facebook do when on one of their sites. (I tried the same test by going only to this site. Even after logging in the list was empty. Kudos to Mac-Forums for keeping our data private!) I forgot about obituaries and county death records. I'm sure Grace's 'real' name Grace-Marie appeared on the obituary notices & death records for her parents and on obituaries for her grand parents. Those records are both here in the US and in Canada, as well as probably Scotland. Wow! Her name sure gets around! [/QUOTE]
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