Words of advice from a (possibly) paranoid guy

[Floogeldy]

Don't respond to posts asking for first name, age, what kind of car you drive, where you live, why your parents named you, what you do for a living, etc. . . . And don't put your birthday in your profile.

Over time, information can add up and you might be identified for whatever reason.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Good advice

people need to think before they post

[merwin]

2. Anyone who wants to find out about me can just look up my domain

names that I have registered... Doesn't matter much to me, as I'm not doing anything worthy of going after :-)

[Zenlitened]

11. It's possible now to shield your private info from prying eyes...

I signed my domains up primarliy as a way to fend off spammers. Besides, the whole world doesn't need to know my addresses and phone numbers.

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/name-it/private.jhtml

[Dave Reynolds]

3. And then...

...can I finally get my trip to Gitmo?

Too cold here.

:silly:

[Droopy]

4. I considered posting under my real name for a while

I only didn't do that because I'm recognizeable as Droopy and I didn't feel like starting over again.

I really don't care if people know who I am.

[Az]

5. Thats why I started the post your Social Security thread that got yanked

Its a bad idea to post information about yourself in an open forum such as this. The SS thread was to make this vividly clear. It was correctly yanked by the mods. But I hope some people got the point.

[LiviaOlivia]

6. Amen

Scary place lately. In more ways than one.

[Fridays Child]

7. Someone actually did a parody of those threads. It was titled...

"What's your social security number?" I had to laugh.

[Az]

8. That was me

:hi:

[LiviaOlivia]

9. kick

eom

[Zenlitened]

10. Absolutely agree. There's been a spate of those posts in recent weeks

There was one today that asked respondents to post their names without vowels. Combine that with all the previous threads -- age, hometown, etc. -- and it all adds up to something kinda suspicious.

[Guaranteed]

21. Yeah, that's what makes me suspicious. nt

[Zenlitened]

12. Kick

http://www.democraticunderground.com//discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2437389

[tanyev]

15. self-delete

[rug]

13. Too late

You've already been made.

[havocmom]

14. Just cuz you're paranoid, they still might be out to get ya.

Good advice. Posting name, car, all that personal stuff, jeeze, might as well go to a Kla'n meeting wearing a tee shirt with a target on it and a big button proclaiming: 'Wingers suck'

Go ahead and fight to the death for your views, but don't do things to hurry your own demise.

The world is full of people who are not as nice as you are. That is a lesson liberals had best learn pronto.

[Kat45]

16. I never post on those threads for that very reason.

Trying to stay away from Gitmo. :-)

[Robb]

17. Aw, CRAP!

:D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Nah. Next you'll tell me this Nigerian fellow I met over e-mail

hasn't my best interests in mind.

[American Tragedy]

19. I doubt that anybody would consider me worth targetting

and I am extremely outspoken about my political views in public under my real name anyway.

Nevertheless, I have to admit that I'm a little uncomfortable with threads wondering what county I live in and stuff like that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. The reality is there are some sick puppies in the world.

I heard that one person here on DU was attacked by freepers who found out where she worked and she lost her job. This is before my time so I don't know for sure.

It does make a case for being careful with ones personal information, however.