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Grand Master Kickface · 01-16-2011, 10:18 PM

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. My whole family was on there. And either they listed my dad's salary wrong, or he's been making a lot more money than he's been letting on. Hm...

bluestarultor · 01-16-2011, 10:59 PM

I just removed myself, my mom, and my grandparents. My brother wasn't listed. I'll be emailing my dad so he can send word on to his side of the family. This quite frankly terrifies me. Aggregate data gets downright scary when you compile it.

Kyanbu The Legend · 01-16-2011, 11:24 PM

All it has is a list of sites that I already advertise through my Sig.

I'm good.

Kinda creepy yet pretty neat too.

h4x.m4g3 · 01-16-2011, 11:42 PM

Thanks for sharing this, I have a unique name and searching for my name on google alone brings up a few pages of information on me (mostly my facebook and old news article clippings).

This thing brought up my old (parent's) home address, phone number, and list of relatives. The rest of the information (tax, credit, income, etc.) looks to be wrong.

yangfeili · 01-17-2011, 04:07 AM

God, another one of these information aggregator site panics.

It's nothing to worry about. Don't bother taking yourself off.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/spokeo.asp

synkr0nized · 01-17-2011, 05:24 AM

+1 to that

At best you are removing one page that lists information that otherwise might take interested parties some manner of minutes longer to find.

Plus the site isn't very great at correctly matching names to what it finds/its operators find on the Internet. The amount of errors I found for people I know and family members, especially the number for myself, outweighed any fear of this site.

Funka Genocide · 01-17-2011, 11:42 AM

I think I found myself at an old address from when I was like 6 years old or something.

But it says I make 96k a year. That'd be awesome.

akaSM · 01-17-2011, 03:10 PM

Hey, even if you tell them to take your info off spokeo, all that info is out there in the many pages they got it from. Wouldn't it be better to ignore that site? If anyone wanted the same info, they would just have to check the same sites that you can see at spokeo. But, if you ask spokeo to take your info off, they'll have BOTH your info, a working e-mail address (SPAM anyone) AND the certainty that at least some of the info they had on you, is correct. The last part, I think is the most dangerous one.

ChaoticBrain · 01-17-2011, 04:45 PM

^ Oh shit. D:

POS Industries · 01-19-2011, 06:45 PM

Good news, you guys!

I'm married! So exciting!

01-16-2011, 11:24 PM	#23
Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	All it has is a list of sites that I already advertise through my Sig. I'm good. Kinda creepy yet pretty neat too. __________________

01-17-2011, 04:07 AM	#25
yangfeili Uncouth Ruffian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 20	God, another one of these information aggregator site panics. It's nothing to worry about. Don't bother taking yourself off. http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/spokeo.asp __________________ "Do something meaningful in this meaningless world." ~ Takasugi Shinsaku (1839-1867)

01-17-2011, 05:24 AM	#26
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,861	If they know enough to find your Spokeo entry, they can probably find others. +1 to that At best you are removing one page that lists information that otherwise might take interested parties some manner of minutes longer to find. Plus the site isn't very great at correctly matching names to what it finds/its operators find on the Internet. The amount of errors I found for people I know and family members, especially the number for myself, outweighed any fear of this site. __________________ Find love. Last edited by synkr0nized; 01-17-2011 at 05:29 AM. Reason: using "^" and then a title for the post was perhaps ambiguous

01-17-2011, 11:42 AM	#27
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	I think I found myself at an old address from when I was like 6 years old or something. But it says I make 96k a year. That'd be awesome. Last edited by Funka Genocide; 01-17-2011 at 12:10 PM.

01-19-2011, 06:45 PM	#30
POS Industries Argus Agony Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gotta go fishing! Posts: 10,483	Good news, you guys! I'm married! So exciting! __________________ Either you're dead or my watch has stopped.

01-16-2011, 10:18 PM	#21
Grand Master Kickface Uber Tier Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ice Path Posts: 273	Thanks for bringing this to our attention. My whole family was on there. And either they listed my dad's salary wrong, or he's been making a lot more money than he's been letting on. Hm...

01-16-2011, 11:42 PM	#24
h4x.m4g3 Lakitu Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,152	Thanks for sharing this, I have a unique name and searching for my name on google alone brings up a few pages of information on me (mostly my facebook and old news article clippings). This thing brought up my old (parent's) home address, phone number, and list of relatives. The rest of the information (tax, credit, income, etc.) looks to be wrong.

01-17-2011, 04:45 PM	#29
ChaoticBrain Toothless Alligator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 176	^ Oh shit. D: