Comments on: Am I right to be concerned about fon.com? http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/am-i-right-to-be-concerned-about-foncom/ If it's crap, it's |Paul|'s fault Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Stuart Grimshaw http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/am-i-right-to-be-concerned-about-foncom/#comment-52 Stuart Grimshaw Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:18:21 +0000 http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/am-i-right-to-be-concerned-about-foncom/#comment-52 Ok, to answer your last question first, the worst that could happen is that someone could steal your identity, they could stalk you, harrass you, burgle you. Some more unlikely outcomes than others, but you did ask what the "worst" was ... It's not that my address is displayed, as you say a half determined ner-do-well could find that information out already, however it 's the fact that it wasn't made clear to me in the first place that's what was going to happen, along with the fact that I don't seem now to be able to change it. As for MySpace, I couldn't agree more, but there are some very good social networks, Last.fm, Twitter & Flickr being my favorites. Ok, to answer your last question first, the worst that could happen is that someone could steal your identity, they could stalk you, harrass you, burgle you. Some more unlikely outcomes than others, but you did ask what the “worst” was …

It’s not that my address is displayed, as you say a half determined ner-do-well could find that information out already, however it ’s the fact that it wasn’t made clear to me in the first place that’s what was going to happen, along with the fact that I don’t seem now to be able to change it.

As for MySpace, I couldn’t agree more, but there are some very good social networks, Last.fm, Twitter & Flickr being my favorites.

]]> By: Maxime Rousseau http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/am-i-right-to-be-concerned-about-foncom/#comment-49 Maxime Rousseau Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:08:46 +0000 http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/am-i-right-to-be-concerned-about-foncom/#comment-49 Concerned? If you want to be concerned about something that deals with personal information, be concerned with those kids on myspace and stuff like facebox and whatever crappy social network thing is the hype right now. Personally, I think that having your adresse on a map is no big deal, considering that some hackers can get your SSN and credit card numbers with some advanced Googleing. The provocative question: What's the worst that can happend when someone that you don't know has your adress? Concerned? If you want to be concerned about something that deals with personal information, be concerned with those kids on myspace and stuff like facebox and whatever crappy social network thing is the hype right now.

Personally, I think that having your adresse on a map is no big deal, considering that some hackers can get your SSN and credit card numbers with some advanced Googleing.

The provocative question: What’s the worst that can happend when someone that you don’t know has your adress?

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