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What if someone wants to track you down and where you live, can people even do that on a computer?
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It's incredibly easy if you have any two of these, or you have contact info for someone who does:
-IP address
-Picture
-Last name (first name helps)
-parent's name
-school name
-city (sometimes state)
-Age (especially birthday)
-Credit card #
-Username and Password to any online account (especially email)
So if I wanted to find out where you lived and only had your myspace profile, I would first add you as a friend if your profile wasn't public. Then I would probably be able to get your first name, and possibly last name. Knowing this, I can IM you and pretend I know you. I can probably get your school name, city, age, IP address, and maybe your parent's name and a picture using this. If I can't get the required info from you, I would talk to your myspace friends, claiming I know you(a name is usually all that's required for people to believe this). Some of them are bound to know. And if that fails I can make a phishing website, which nearly always works. Almost everyone uses the same password for everything, so I've now got access to your email, including address book.
99% of the time I'll be able to get at least 2 of the things I listed above. Parent's name and state is easiest, use zabasearch.com to find the address and you're done. IP and last name is the next easiest, IP address points to city(usually), and you can use a local phone book to narrow it down to a few people. School name+parents name+your name is the next easiest, as you can pretend to be their parent and get some information. Etc.
You can protect yourself by:
-Hiding your IP: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
-NEVER putting pictures online
-Making sure you're unlisted in the phone book
-Not annoying people too much
-Not giving information to strangers
But seriously, if someone wants to find you, they will.
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