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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="krs" data-source="post: 1836867" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Reminds me of some fun I had a few years ago.</p><p>I was in a forum frequented by seniors where the topic of "privacy" came up.</p><p>One lady there was absolutely sure that she was anonymous since she only has some initials as her handle.</p><p>For fun, just because she made such an issue about her privacy, I decided to see what I could find out about her...and told her I would do that.</p><p></p><p>So I just went through her posts on that forum, picked up a few bits and pieces here and there, did a bit of googling, eliminated people who she couldn't possibly be and eventually ended up with a photograph were she (I think) was shown with a local politician at a fund raising event.</p><p>Took me maybe two hours.</p><p></p><p>I either posted the picture or sent her a pm with it - can't remember, but I got back a "Oh My God!"</p><p>So I assume I hit pay dirt.</p><p>I stopped at that point because I was actually feeling uncomfortable starting to dig around in her private life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1836867, member: 67742"] Reminds me of some fun I had a few years ago. I was in a forum frequented by seniors where the topic of "privacy" came up. One lady there was absolutely sure that she was anonymous since she only has some initials as her handle. For fun, just because she made such an issue about her privacy, I decided to see what I could find out about her...and told her I would do that. So I just went through her posts on that forum, picked up a few bits and pieces here and there, did a bit of googling, eliminated people who she couldn't possibly be and eventually ended up with a photograph were she (I think) was shown with a local politician at a fund raising event. Took me maybe two hours. I either posted the picture or sent her a pm with it - can't remember, but I got back a "Oh My God!" So I assume I hit pay dirt. I stopped at that point because I was actually feeling uncomfortable starting to dig around in her private life. [/QUOTE]
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