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>>>Want to really get creeped out/ go to Spokeo.com and type in your name....<<<

Which I did! And the information was fabulously wrong on so many levels that it was funny, starting with getting my birthday wrong and working up from there.

I have bad news for you. Everything on that website could have been obtained in the pre-Internet era with a good set of walking shoes and a legal pad. Back in the old day, pre-Internet, I was a reporter (I’m ashamed of it as well), and getting all of the info on Spokeo.com was already available for someone who knew how get it. And it’s just as accurate as the media usually is about these things! LOL

Seriously... everything I saw is public record, and someone has always had the ability to take a photo of your house from the street. What creeps me out is living in a post-Constitutional republic with that information available to the state.

[MD Expat in PA]

Yep, many things are public record; marriages, divorces, buying a home, selling a home, bankruptcy. Back in pre-internet and smart phone days, it might have taken a bit more foot work but were still available to anyone who wanted to find out.

I do all my banking and bill paying on line. I’ve never had a problem but then I do take precautions. I don’t trust the USPS.

[Kozak]

My info had multiple past addressess, my profession, my income and my political orientation, and correct household members. In the past it would have taken A LOT of hunting to get all that together on me from all over the country.

[Kozak]

My info had multiple past addressess, my profession, my income and my political orientation, and correct household members. In the past it would have taken A LOT of hunting to get all that together on me from all over the country.

[libertarian27]

my initial info was wrong on spokeo too (I’m not paying to see the rest)

except for my age - DRAT!