Re: Google Phone Book

From: Hiram Gonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:17:44 -0000

Not this again. Our daycare sent out a panic message about this,
asking parents to tell their kids never to give out their home phone
number in fear some evil person would use to trace the home address
and kidnap the kids.

So after teaching my kids about our number and address (in case of
emergency) I now have to figure out someway to teach the kids who's a
good versus bad person. Great, considering most incidences of kid
abuse/kidnapping involve relatives...

"Kids, don't give our home phone to anyone - not even Grandma or weird
Uncle David. Don't dial it on a public phone since someone may be
covertly watching you dial. Don't use a cell phone since someone may
be eavesdropping. When you talk don't move your lips since someone may
be lipreading. Only grunt using encrypted Klingon with the sun behind
your back for maximum blinding purposes."

-Ozzy

"Paranoia's for those without a nuclear arsenal." - Ozzy 4/13/04

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "7visions"
<7visions_at_p...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> Did you know about this? My number worked, so did John's. Mike's did
not...Did not test anyone else's
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> This was sent to me by a friend -- it works -- .
>
> Google has implemented a new feature wherein you can type someone's
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> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
be
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> given a map to their house. Before forwarding this, I tested it by
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> typing my telephone number in google.com. My phone number came up,
and
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> when I clicked on the MapQuest link, it mapped the location to my
home!
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>
>
> Please look up your own number. Read below for details. Consider the
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> issues here -- if ANYONE gives out his phone number, someone can
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> actually now look it up to find out where he lives. The safety
issues
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> are obvious, and alarming, particularly for youngsters.
>
>
> This is not a hoax as you will see. the article appeared in Sunday's
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> NYTimes. In order to test if your phone number is mapped, go to:
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> www.google.com Type your phone number in the search bar with dashes
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> only (i.e., 555-555-1212) and hit Enter. This will divulge your name
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> and address. You will see a link option to the right for Mapquest
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> (click on it), which will use the address to provide a map to your
home
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> or place of business.
>
>
>
> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private
>
> information, click on the telephone icon next to your phone number
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> after Google responds with your name and address. It takes 48-hours
to
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> remove it with a form to complete.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Received on 2004-04-13 11:17:45