krazyaboutkatz
10-22-2003, 12:56 AM
Hi everyone, I received this e-mail from my brother today and thought that some of you might want this info. Google has implemented a new feature wherein 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.
Think about it... if a child, single person, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number, someone can actually look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious and alarming.
This is not a hoax, Mapquest will actually put a star on your house on your street. In order to test whether you phone number is mapped, go to:.http://www.google.com/ (http://)
and type in your phone number in the search bar with dashes (i.e. 123-555-1212) and hit enter.
NOTE: If your phone number isn't publicly listed,you should be fine. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on the telephone icon to the left of the phone number. You will see a link at the bottom where you are allowed to REMOVE yourself. Consider forwarding this to friends and family.
For some reason the link won't work but it will if you type it in by hand and hit enter.
Think about it... if a child, single person, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number, someone can actually look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious and alarming.
This is not a hoax, Mapquest will actually put a star on your house on your street. In order to test whether you phone number is mapped, go to:.http://www.google.com/ (http://)
and type in your phone number in the search bar with dashes (i.e. 123-555-1212) and hit enter.
NOTE: If your phone number isn't publicly listed,you should be fine. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on the telephone icon to the left of the phone number. You will see a link at the bottom where you are allowed to REMOVE yourself. Consider forwarding this to friends and family.
For some reason the link won't work but it will if you type it in by hand and hit enter.