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phidauex Offline
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Default 12-28-2006, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Chinasaur
Do your parents know you posted their address on the net?
Heh, the address I gave for people to try the experiment themselves is actually one right nearby my parent's house. ;)

However, even I gave my actual parent's address, I would ask the question, "What would anyone do with it?" everyone's address is public, and you can't do anything with it unless you have lots of other crucial information, which you don't have. If you had malicious intent, you'd get more info by pointing to a random page in the White Pages than you would from my post. People are often very concerned about how the internet affects their privacy, but as many ID theft cases are showing, the "old fashioned" methods still work quite well.

peace,
sam