A warning.. seriously

[His_sugar]

There is a new feature that makes it possible to type a telephone number into Google's search bar, click the search button, and have a MapQuest page returned as a result. Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a physical street address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere in the country. One positive use of this feature could be to determine the location of, say, an party for whom you may only have a telephone number. On a negative note, this feature could also be used by an angry party to find out where you live. Google has made available an option that will allow anyone to remove their telephone number from the database that is linked to the mapping feature. You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by attempting a search - entering your full telephone number separated by dashes (e.g., 404-524-5811). If the number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the first or second entry on the results page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number be removed from the database. Many people are unaware of this danger. I personally, don't want any "Tom, Dick, or Harry" having a direct map (and the map IS perfect) to my house just by having my phone number. Go to www.google.com then type in your phone number. See how accurate the map is.... linked to your phone number.

 

[Guest]

What's your number?

 

[Lasher]

LOL... It works.

Except it says I live in Houston.

 

[Purrde Flower]

You can do that on AT&T web page also.

 

[estevie]

No map to my house.

 

[Rubyfruit]

Couldn't they only have access to what we list in our local phone books about ourselves?

 

[LadyG]

Nope, didn't work for me.

 

[k¡tty]

Your nick reminds me of someone..



Someone googled my number after I gave it to them, turns out that it belongs to another person. ;-)

I haven't lived here long enough and had this phone number long enough, for it to have made it's way into phone books yet.

 

[Cheyenne]

Cell phone- no map.

Home phone- a wrong address and a map that is of the general area, but it wouldn't get you to my house unless you also knew my last name and could find my mailbox a few blocks away from where they say I live. Of course, if you already knew my last name, you probably wouldn't be searching my number on google.

 

[Bluesboy2]

Nope, didn't work for me.

Ok, so I guess I need your addy AND phone #. But PM them, don't post them in this thread. Thanks.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Remember when there used to be one phone book?

 

[peachykeen]

fuck, that's kinda creepy, thanks. I had no idea.

 

[estevie]

Remember when there used to be one phone book?

And you didn't get a new one every 6 months.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Not bad. The map is off by about 3/4 of a mile though.

 

[SuprSalor]

Didn't work for me. Current # gave wrong name and address(but very close to where I live), Old #(1 year old now) gave right name,but wrong address.
Still, it probably works for a lot of people, and your right, there are just to many wacko's in this world to have access to info like that.

 

[morninggirl5]

My home number gives a partial address and a map that will get you to my neighborhood. If you know me well enough to have my home phone number, you're going to be able to find me by looking for my car. Anyone else would drive around my community for days looking for me. Pizza delivery guys routinely spend up to 30 min looking for my house and they have a complete address and directions.

My cell phone gives nothing.

I'm not worried.

 

[GuyJD]

There is a new feature that makes it possible to type a telephone number into Google's search bar, click the search button, and have a MapQuest page returned as a result. Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a physical street address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere in the country. One positive use of this feature could be to determine the location of, say, an party for whom you may only have a telephone number. On a negative note, this feature could also be used by an angry party to find out where you live. Google has made available an option that will allow anyone to remove their telephone number from the database that is linked to the mapping feature. You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by attempting a search - entering your full telephone number separated by dashes (e.g., 404-524-5811). If the number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the first or second entry on the results page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number be removed from the database. Many people are unaware of this danger. I personally, don't want any "Tom, Dick, or Harry" having a direct map (and the map IS perfect) to my house just by having my phone number. Go to www.google.com then type in your phone number. See how accurate the map is.... linked to your phone number.

There's nothing new about that.
You can do that at www.melissadata.com also.

What's your point?

 

[GuyJD]

Remember when there used to be one phone book?

And there was only ONE yellow pages once.

 

[His_sugar]

Re: Re: A warning.. seriously

There's nothing new about that.
You can do that at www.melissadata.com also.

What's your point?

My original post said i had no point. But i suppose i did. My point was to keep people reminded of the fact when they give their phone numbers to strangers online, the information that they can access with those few harmless numbers is nothing to roll your eyes at.

i personally don't give out my number. But alot of people do, without thought to what could happen.

If you find this post unimportant, rediculous or a waste of space, then move along to the next thread that interests you.

 

[k¡tty]

Re: Re: A warning.. seriously

There's nothing new about that.
You can do that at www.melissadata.com also.

What's your point?

I believe her point was to inform people that may not have had this knowledge before.


*sweet smile*

 

[freakygirl]

Thats cool.. it worked.

 

[just pet]

Preferring to be more anonymous, having this information was helpful. My unlisted phone number gave forth a map.


Are someone's panties too tight again?

 

[GuyJD]

Re: Re: Re: A warning.. seriously

no point. If it didn't interest or effect you, then move along. No need to reply to a thread you don't find interesting or informational.

Informative?
Try old news. I've known about that for about 4 years. That's how I learned of melissadata.com and USsearch.com.

Hell, how do you think Rebecca Shaffear's information was found. The guy found some (if not all) of it from the internet. Granted, it's scary but if you're unlisted, there should be little or no problem.

 

[His_sugar]

Re: Re: Re: Re: A warning.. seriously

Informative?
Try old news. I've known about that for about 4 years. That's how I learned of melissadata.com and USsearch.com.

Hell, how do you think Rebecca Shaffear's information was found. The guy found some (if not all) of it from the internet.

To most, it isn't old news. To most, they aren't aware of melissadata.com, but most ARE aware of google.

*shrugs*

Not everyone is so up on things as you..

 

[peachykeen]

Re: Re: Re: Re: A warning.. seriously

Informative?
Try old news. I've known about that for about 4 years. That's how I learned of melissadata.com and USsearch.com.

Hell, how do you think Rebecca Shaffear's information was found. The guy found some (if not all) of it from the internet.

oh well, since you already knew about it, and what with the world world revolving around you and all, I guess you're right, H_s had no business sharing this with the rest of us. So sorry to have wasted your time, Sir