Important personal privacy & identify info to Share

[Guest guest]

>From 2 of my Ann Arbor, Michigan friends. It really will bring up map

to your home......Please share with your family, students, friends, and

clients that are vulnerable. Blessings, Barbara

 

 

 

> "joshdfreeman" <joshdfreeman

> Kris Murthy <rmurthy_48187

> Google security : important privacy info

>

> Josh & Krishna wrote: I tried all our phone numbers and the site gives

> out everything a stranger wants to know. It is scary. Some of our

> numbers have our children listed in the web site.

>

> This is important -- please read and pass on.

>

> Google has implemented a new feature wherin you can type someone's

> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will be

> given a map to their house.Before forwarding this I tried it as well

> as some

> of my friends and it unfortunately worked. I typed in www.google.com

> When you click on the map quest link, it actually mapped out where I

> live.

> Please look up your own number. Read below for details.

>

> If a child, single person, ANYONE gives out his or her phone number,

> someone actually now can look it up to find out where he or she lives.

> The

> saftey issues are obvious, and alarming. This is not a hoax. MapQuest

> will put a star on your house on your street.

>

> In order to test whether your phone number is mapp! ed go to:

> www.google.com.

> Type your phone number in the search bar with dashes

> (i.e.555-555-1212)dashes and no spaces very important. Hit enter . This

> will divulge your name and address. You will see a link option to the

> right of Map Quest (click on it) which will use the address to provide

> a

> map to your home or place of business.

>

> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,

> simply

> click on the telephone icon next to your phone number or "phonebook

> results for" above your number. I removed my name, but it takes 48

> hours.

> If you are unlisted in the phonebook, you might not be there, but it

> might

> be a good idea to check.

>

> Please feel free to pass on.

>

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

on 3/10/05 7:16 PM, B.Edmonds at edmondsb wrote:

 

>

> From 2 of my Ann Arbor, Michigan friends. It really will bring up map

> to your home......Please share with your family, students, friends, and

> clients that are vulnerable. Blessings, Barbara

>

If you have a web site, it will bring that up. Try our number: 641-472-9336,

or Vaju's: 641-472-8563

 

Of course, most people who have published phone numbers have their addresses

in the phone book, right? Does this thing work with unpublished phone

numbers? If not, what's the big deal?