"True People Search" Website posts home addresses, email, and cell numbers. Here's how to opt out.

[Miles Archer]

Truepeoplesearch.com is giving out your personal information.

"It's a little creepy that they can get my current address and all of my previous addresses. I don't love it," Katie Smith said.

Smith had no idea her personal information was listed on truepeoplesearch.com.

"I've never heard of that," Smith said.

http://news3lv.com/news/offbeat/a-website-is-giving-out-your-email-cell-number-and-address-are-you-on-it

To opt out, click here.

[RKP5637]

1. Endless sites post endless information about everyone these days including some state governments.

[canetoad]

3. Yep

And rather than relying on 'opt out' it's better not to have that info in the wild and linked to you.

[RKP5637]

6. It's horrible. Some states publish all your real estate transactions, voting records, etc., etc.

They even publish some places I've rented to people. Incredible.

[WinkyDink]

18. The above are public records. Voting records are secret; you must mean Party registration info.

[RKP5637]

19. Yep, I meant Party registration info. Thanks! n/t

[Beaverhausen]

2. Holy shit. I have an extremely common name and found myself

so much info there. that's fucked up. Feels like it came from a credit company.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. It's like playing whack-a-mole

Opt out of this site and another one like Spokeo will pop up- You no longer have control over your privacy on the Internet.

[superpatriotman]

5. Jesus!

There were names on that list of people I haven't spoken with in twenty years !
Addresses I have long forgot. Phone numbers and emails I have long forgot.
I removed myself. Thank you for scaring the shit out of me.

[Lifelong Protester]

7. At this moment, they can't help you.

They are experiencing a lot of traffic right now.

[bettyellen]

12. They removed two of mine, had some wrong info too.

[TeapotInATempest]

8. Wow, thanks for the heads up

I have a common name (common enough that it's hard to google me) and there I was. Some of the details were wrong about who I'm related to, but enough was right that it was pretty disturbing. And I have almost no social media presence at all!

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. They even listed my childhood home. And my age.

That is unacceptable.

[bathroommonkey76]

11. Dont search

Spokeo- They have a detailed search that users pay to get the same information. https://www.spokeo.com/ - I'm not sure if you can opt out of that site, or not.

[Glimmer of Hope]

13. This is so invasive. Ugh.

[Skittles]

10. not very accurate

it has me two addresses ago and the phone number not correct

[LeftInTX]

14. Well I tried it and got this message:

There has been an unknown error, please try again. We are experiencing extremely high traffic loads and are trying to fix the problem. Sorry.

[Miles Archer]

15. I tried again and it worked

They probably have high traffic loads after being outed.

[LeftInTX]

16. Now I found myself.

But I had to enter my zipcode.
I have a fairly common name.

[WinkyDink]

17. Hate to say it, but addresses are ALL OVER the Internet! So are phone numbers, political party

affiliations, previous places of residence, "people associated with," Google images of your current home (map/satellite/street view), etc.

I have appreciated this info, as I sometimes need addresses for mail.

P.S. I'll bet you will NOT get "White Pages" scrubbed.

P.P.S. Mentioned in a relative's obituary?There's your name (maiden/married/spouse), usually your current place of residence, and all of that for any siblings.

THEN it's a hop-skip to LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Images, any Letter to the Editor you've written, ANY newspaper article you were ever mentioned in, including school sports, ....

Frankly, the barn door of "Smile! You're on Candid Internet!" has been wide open for decades.