I was sitting around one day thinking and something reminded me of an ex-girlfriend I had 20 years ago. I wondered where she was, what she had become.
I found her in 30 minutes. Her (new)name, address, phone number, workplace, kids names with multiple pictures, friends names... I even found out that she is home alone certain hours of the day and I found out that she was going on vacation for a week in May.
I am not a computer hacker nor a stalker. This information was right there, public.
I hope she don’t have any other ex’s that left on bad terms or are psychos. That is dangerous information.
I hate, hate, hate,... I LOATHE Facebook and Twitter.
Nobody knows when I take a dump ecxept for me and the unfortunate soul that comes in behind me.
A few years ago, even before Twitter was so big, my husband searched out a long-lost relative. She had been born to a couple who eloped and quickly divorced in about the early 1940's. Within a few hours of online searching, he'd located her, learned about her family and found her phone number. He and a cousin established contact and we visited with her once. It was quite amazing really, and sobering as well. Even without Facebook and a Twitter presence, there is a lot of personal information available online about each of us.
I was sitting around one day thinking and something reminded me of an ex-girlfriend I had 20 years ago. I wondered where she was, what she had become.
I found her in 30 minutes.
...ditto with my ex-sweetie...found out where she lives, her situation, phone number, and I even know how she aged, as I see her picture on Facebook (still sweet looking,forty years later, still the girl I loved), all the while never leaving the comfort of my armchair...but I don’t hate the technology...for what it’s worth, it’s good to know she’s done okay in her life...