What information is out there on you?

[RICHARD]

I have talked to some people who were real IT geeks, I also listened to a great radio show, since cancelled, about computers............

One tip I heard about was looking at/sending email.

The "send this to 5 friends" email is some kind of email 'scam'.

Supposedly the email is composed by the "Viagra/lose weight/junk email" scammers that want addresses to send spam to.

The emails have some kind of tracker built in to it. When you send the '5' emails it somehow sends the email addresses you post back to the person who wrote the email.

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I am really picky about my email, If I don't know the email address I delete it.
I also empty my spam file often.

I don't send out chain email and only open files from people I know.

I have a little system to 'track' who gets my email address. It works fairly well and it's interesting to see who actually gets it.

Here's how it works.

When I HAVE to put my name in the machine to register for anything, I give them a variation.

O.k....

Charles is for the real stuff.

Any magazine related registry?
CHAS

Contests?
CHUCK

I keep track of all my 'kitteh' registrations/contests by using a "C" as a first
name.

For the way out stuff I used "juan valdez", the guy on the coffee cans as a Nom de Internet.

Of course, your address will give you away, but it is an interesting way to see who is selling your name!

[pomtzu]

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I am really picky about my email, If I don't know the email address I delete it.
I also empty my spam file often.

I don't send out chain email and only open files from people I know.

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

If it has an attachment that has to be downloaded to view - then forget it. I don't care who it's from - it just gets deleted.