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| From | Brian Curtis <brioohs@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Re: Non-pop but highly disconcerting |
| Date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 17:30:26 -0500 |
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on 4/9/03 5:01 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org wrote:
> I tried this with my own phone number.
>
> Then I clicked on Mapquest to see a map of the area around my home. I
> zoomed in the maximum amount.
>
> After that there is a tab on Mapquest that lets you see an aerial photo. So
> I clicked that. Then zoomed some more-- and I actually saw myself at my
> computer, leaning out the window and giving the finger to the satellite.
>
Josh, you're a hoot! (If only that COULD be done...)
>
> Granting that this is completely off-topic and taking my share of
> responsibility for any ensuing thread, um, is Google somehow pulling this
> information from areas somewhere outside the public record? If not, there
> are tons of similar, if somewhat less convenient online directories for the
> purpose (I've always used http://www.theultimates.com for such things). And
> if the information is being pulled from public record directories, what's
> the big deal?
>
> No offense meant in asking,
> b.s.
The problem as I see it, Bill, is that anyone can easily obtain a MAP to
your home. Phone book listings are great. It can be a time saver to have
that available online - and maps for business locations, okay, I can go
along with that. But do you honestly want just anyone to be able to just
click on a link to find exactly where your home is located with convenient
directions to get there? Maybe it's paranoia, but I don't think that so
much access to a person should be easily acquired over the Web. We should
at least have the right to not allow it to be published, and unlike the
freaking phone company, it shouldn't cost extra money for that personal
privacy.
I know you don't mean any offense - nor did I in posting the story in the
first place. It just seems that every day something else comes along that
makes it more difficult to live a private life without uninvited intrusion
of one form or another, be it SPAM in email or potential crime victim. I'll
shut up now - forget that I tried to be a nice guy.
Brioohs
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