Web site for finding people

Wise Young · 09-02-2007, 12:06 PM

Amazing http://www.zabasearch.com/

I was just thinking that the best way to have anonymity in this internet world is to have a name that is so common that everybody has it. Then nobody can or will remember you and all search services give up because there are a million of you.

SoFla · 09-02-2007, 12:46 PM

I entered my name with no middle initial. I have two different ones. One given at birth and one given by the state of Florida. I was shocked to see me listed several times with both initials! Yikes!

Too many of me when I entered my maiden name. Shoulda kept it.

Max · 09-02-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wise Young

Amazing http://www.zabasearch.com/

I was just thinking that the best way to have anonymity in this internet world is to have a name that is so common that everybody has it. Then nobody can or will remember you and all search services give up because there are a million of you.

Thanks Wise

Found couple folks who owe me some $ from Soviet time

Wish it would include not only 50 states of US of A

Wise Young · 09-02-2007, 07:48 PM

Max, glad that you found buddies that owe you $. They can run but they can hide from you now.

Sofla, it is shocking how much information is available on everybody on internet. This is the public domain stuff. Can you imagine the information that the FBI has on us? I don't think that you can use a credit card in this country or take a book out of the library without that information being recorded somewhere. They know what you have bought, what you returned, where you travel, who you call, and even what you eat. They know where you live, your children, and all your previous marriages.

I have been thinking of joining this web site and doing a confidential search on myself to find out what information is out there and whether it is accurate or not. The only thing holding me back is that I know that they will then have a dossier on me based on my own search on myself, since I would know what to search for. Who knows who they give that to... Probably they sell it to the highest bidder.

By the way, the answer is not to withdraw from the internet. The answer is to know what is known and what is not. You can protect what is not known. As I pointed out, perhaps the best protection is using a very common name. If, as you say, your maiden name is very popular, perhaps you should switch back. Then your personal details will be mixed with hundreds or perhaps thousands of people with the same name. I am very envious of John Smith. He can really be anonymous in this country. It is even better than John Doe.

Wise.

SoFla · 09-02-2007, 10:31 PM

About 15 years ago, a friend of mine made a gazzilion dollars by creating a company that put together a database using nothing but public information, and selling it back to government agencies. It was always available to the government, but was not used efficiently. He started all this. He is most likely the one who is responsible for my address, birth date, and phone number being readily available. Not that I have anything to hide, but it is still kind of creepy.

On the other hand, since I still have a contact at this company, I know which agency I will use when I need to find a caregiver for my elderly father when his companion goes on vacation.

And, no, this information is not sold to the highest bidder. Clients are carefully screened before personal information is released. That is why I know which agency I will choose. The agency needs to have a good clean record before it can investigate its home health care aides hires.

As creepy as it is, there is also a benefit.

john smith · 09-02-2007, 11:05 PM

Quote:

I am very envious of John Smith.

Posted by Wise

LOL, I am also on many watch lists. Such as at the airport when checking in. Evidently, there are some very unimaginative bad guys out there. Lately, it has not been so bad. But there was about two years+ when the agent always took my driver's license and disappeared into the back room to do a security check. On the other hand, when I went to SF State, back in the day, there were nine John Smiths at school. And, I once had a girlfriend named Jon Smith. She came from a big Catholic family. I think they ran out of girl's names.

I usually use my middle initial.

John

Wise Young · 09-05-2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john smith

LOL, I am also on many watch lists. Such as at the airport when checking in. Evidently, there are some very unimaginative bad guys out there. Lately, it has not been so bad. But there was about two years+ when the agent always took my driver's license and disappeared into the back room to do a security check. On the other hand, when I went to SF State, back in the day, there were nine John Smiths at school. And, I once had a girlfriend named Jon Smith. She came from a big Catholic family. I think they ran out of girl's names.

I usually use my middle initial.

John

Yikes, I didn't think of that. Having a name that is common means that you are on every no-fly list in the world. And you may be on a lot of hitlists and become a victim of mistakened identity.

I must say, having a girlfriend with the same name is a great way of starting conversations. You must have gotten some dropped jaws when you introduced her.

Wise.

adi chicago · 09-05-2007, 04:33 PM

thank you...i found my ex wife address ...we talk on the phone ,her brother is paralysed too...c5-c6.her husband have no ideea ....hehe

GoTWHeeLs · 09-05-2007, 04:51 PM

Adi, your sly. I cant find myself on this site, but I can on google.

adi chicago · 09-05-2007, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GoTWHeeLs

Adi, your sly. I cant find myself on this site, but I can on google.

i am not sly, if you are a us citizen the site must work ...trust me.i found any info that i searched for...good luck my friend.

09-02-2007, 12:06 PM	#1
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09-02-2007, 12:46 PM	#2
SoFla Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,322	I entered my name with no middle initial. I have two different ones. One given at birth and one given by the state of Florida. I was shocked to see me listed several times with both initials! Yikes! Too many of me when I entered my maiden name. Shoulda kept it.

09-02-2007, 07:48 PM	#4
Wise Young Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 37,975	Max, glad that you found buddies that owe you $. They can run but they can hide from you now. Sofla, it is shocking how much information is available on everybody on internet. This is the public domain stuff. Can you imagine the information that the FBI has on us? I don't think that you can use a credit card in this country or take a book out of the library without that information being recorded somewhere. They know what you have bought, what you returned, where you travel, who you call, and even what you eat. They know where you live, your children, and all your previous marriages. I have been thinking of joining this web site and doing a confidential search on myself to find out what information is out there and whether it is accurate or not. The only thing holding me back is that I know that they will then have a dossier on me based on my own search on myself, since I would know what to search for. Who knows who they give that to... Probably they sell it to the highest bidder. By the way, the answer is not to withdraw from the internet. The answer is to know what is known and what is not. You can protect what is not known. As I pointed out, perhaps the best protection is using a very common name. If, as you say, your maiden name is very popular, perhaps you should switch back. Then your personal details will be mixed with hundreds or perhaps thousands of people with the same name. I am very envious of John Smith. He can really be anonymous in this country. It is even better than John Doe. Wise.

09-02-2007, 10:31 PM	#5
SoFla Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,322	About 15 years ago, a friend of mine made a gazzilion dollars by creating a company that put together a database using nothing but public information, and selling it back to government agencies. It was always available to the government, but was not used efficiently. He started all this. He is most likely the one who is responsible for my address, birth date, and phone number being readily available. Not that I have anything to hide, but it is still kind of creepy. On the other hand, since I still have a contact at this company, I know which agency I will use when I need to find a caregiver for my elderly father when his companion goes on vacation. And, no, this information is not sold to the highest bidder. Clients are carefully screened before personal information is released. That is why I know which agency I will choose. The agency needs to have a good clean record before it can investigate its home health care aides hires. As creepy as it is, there is also a benefit.