Privacy alert,where does it end?

[Pete Reinhart]

All,
This just in,
A Realtor friend of mine just e-mailed me with the following information.
Google now is now making it possible for someone to input your phone number
and get your home address, and a map to it too!
I haven't tried it yey but she said there is all sorts of personal
information attached.
There is supposed to be an opt-out function avalable.
May not work if you only have a cell number or an unlisted number, but I
haven't checked that either.
Cheers (or, no cheers on this one) and good luck!

--
Pete Reinhart
Austin, Texas

[Vaughn]

"Pete Reinhart" > wrote in message
...
> All,
> This just in,
> A Realtor friend of mine just e-mailed me with the following information.
> Google now is now making it possible for someone to input your phone number
> and get your home address, and a map to it too!

This is nothing new. What is the problem?

> I haven't tried it yey but she said there is all sorts of personal
> information attached.

Only some links to companies who will offer to SELL you personal
information. What is the problem?

> There is supposed to be an opt-out function avalable.
> May not work if you only have a cell number or an unlisted number, but I
> haven't checked that either.


I consider myself a bit of a privacy buff, but I have always been in the
phone directory for a broad range of reasons. There have been phone directories
on the Internet for years, this is no different. What is the problem?

Before I forget to ask, what is the problem?

Vaughn

[Shawn]

Pete Reinhart wrote:
> All,
> This just in,
> A Realtor friend of mine just e-mailed me with the following information.
> Google now is now making it possible for someone to input your phone number
> and get your home address, and a map to it too!
> I haven't tried it yey but she said there is all sorts of personal
> information attached.
> There is supposed to be an opt-out function avalable.
> May not work if you only have a cell number or an unlisted number, but I
> haven't checked that either.
> Cheers (or, no cheers on this one) and good luck!

Old capability Pete. I remember messing around with something like this
in the mid 90s. I think it was old news then. I look at Google's
service as a convenience. It makes it even easier to do what's been
possible (easily) for years.
I just checked on Google; enter my name and the city where I live, no
quotes, no state, and you get my address and phone number. I'm not worried.

Shawn