View Full Version : Common Sense regarding Privacy
st.cronin
07-11-2008, 01:48 PM
I believe there are a couple of members here who have my phone number and home address. I would hope it would be common sense to ask me first before giving that out.
(There is some legal stuff going on with some distant relatives that I am trying to stay out of.)
Maple Leafs
07-11-2008, 02:03 PM
I can still come by unannounced for a "visit", right?
st.cronin
07-11-2008, 02:04 PM
Of course.
To piggyback, if anyone has compromising photos of me, please ask for my permission before destroying me.
MikeVic
07-11-2008, 02:07 PM
Uhh I got it from Poli, was it wrong to use it as my fake number?
I use his number at the bars.
st.cronin
07-11-2008, 02:08 PM
By the way, this is a serious thread. My name is common enough that a google search isn't that helpful, but it would point to this board in the first couple of pages.
MikeVic
07-11-2008, 02:08 PM
Ok I'll stop kidding around. I don't have your number.
rkmsuf
07-11-2008, 02:10 PM
What works well in this situation is cash.
And don't go throwing around the blackmail word. Then everyone will have your address and think you are racist too.
st.cronin
07-11-2008, 02:15 PM
Ok I'll stop kidding around. I don't have your number.
Levity is fine. I just wanted the initial point to not get lost.
FWIW, I wasn't going to stop.
Mizzou B-ball fan
07-11-2008, 02:23 PM
By the way, this is a serious thread. My name is common enough that a google search isn't that helpful, but it would point to this board in the first couple of pages.
Gov. Richardson, is that you?
larrymcg421
07-11-2008, 02:24 PM
I think this would be common sense, too. I wouldn't ever give someone's number out randomly.
I do understand your concern, though. There's one person here that knows how geeky I was in junior high, and I'd rather not let that get out.
Lorena
07-11-2008, 02:29 PM
It's common sense not to give anyone's number, physical or email address. If anyone asks me for so-and-so's info, I'd check with this person before giving out any info.
st.cronin
07-11-2008, 02:31 PM
I agree its common sense but there are some devious and crafty people involved in this. And those people can afford pretty good lawyers, too.
By the way, I never did figure out how Lorena got my address.
MikeVic
07-11-2008, 02:42 PM
She has my address too... maybe she works for the FBI?
Passacaglia
07-11-2008, 02:56 PM
I gave it to MJ4H as my RPS choices.
Lorena
07-11-2008, 03:03 PM
ahahahahahaha, I have my ways ;)
No but seriously, I'd never give away anyone's info without their permission, privacy is a HUGE thing with me. And I mean HUGE.
Bonegavel
07-11-2008, 03:44 PM
You are Archibald Cronin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Cronin)?
Kodos
07-11-2008, 03:51 PM
Are you Kevin Cronin? Is it time for me to fly?
larrymcg421
07-11-2008, 03:58 PM
Kyle, tell us about St. Cronin...
cartman
07-11-2008, 04:25 PM
The only person I gave your contact info to was Mr. B. E. Sullivan of Olton, TX.
http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252884d88fdb00e398f42fd20005-500pi
kcchief19
07-11-2008, 07:37 PM
Just curious ... do you have reason to believe someone here has given out your number and address? From your postings here, I would give you enough credit to know that if someone wanted to find you, there are much places to do that than tracking you through a message board. I don't know your name but I'd be willing to bet that you give me an hour I could probably track you down, and if I were willing to plunk down a couple of dollars I could find you even faster.
Privacy is an illusion. If someone really wants to find you, they'll find you.
cartman
07-11-2008, 07:41 PM
Privacy is an illusion. If someone really wants to find you, they'll find you.
True, Mr. Navin R. Johnson.
Chief Rum
07-11-2008, 11:59 PM
Just curious ... do you have reason to believe someone here has given out your number and address? From your postings here, I would give you enough credit to know that if someone wanted to find you, there are much places to do that than tracking you through a message board. I don't know your name but I'd be willing to bet that you give me an hour I could probably track you down, and if I were willing to plunk down a couple of dollars I could find you even faster.
Privacy is an illusion. If someone really wants to find you, they'll find you.
Agreed. Unless you have paid extravagantly and intelligently for your privacy, and probably broken some federal and state laws to do so, you are easy to find. Heck, I know enough about you that I could probably find you in Lexis Nexis in 5 minutes, and that's a program used by bureaucrats, civil servants, financial people, information systems people, law enforcement and legal professionals--in other words--like 30% of the working population (at least).
And then there's Net Detective.
Seriously, though, I hope you don't get drawn into whatever you're trying to avoid, and if it is attempted, bite the bullet and tell them to leave you the fuck alone. ;)
Mustang
07-12-2008, 12:04 AM
I hope the next time I move I get a real easy phone number. Something like 222-2222. I would say, "Sweet." People would say, "Mitch, how do I get a hold of you?" I would say, "Just press 2 for a while, and when I answer, you will know that you have pressed 2 enough."
st.cronin
07-12-2008, 08:25 AM
Just curious ... do you have reason to believe someone here has given out your number and address? From your postings here, I would give you enough credit to know that if someone wanted to find you, there are much places to do that than tracking you through a message board. I don't know your name but I'd be willing to bet that you give me an hour I could probably track you down, and if I were willing to plunk down a couple of dollars I could find you even faster.
Privacy is an illusion. If someone really wants to find you, they'll find you.
No reason to believe anything like that has happened, and I agree with what you are saying. I just got a little creeped out yesterday, and went into paranoid mode. In retrospect, this is probably a silly thread.
I apologize if my wife called you.
st.cronin
07-12-2008, 08:41 AM
I apologize if your wife called me, too.
sterlingice
07-12-2008, 09:14 AM
I do understand your concern, though. There's one person here that knows how geeky I was in junior high, and I'd rather not let that get out.
And now you hang around all day on a board dedicated to text based sports sims. Yes, you're no longer a geek ;)
SI
sterlingice
07-12-2008, 09:14 AM
I hope the next time I move I get a real easy phone number. Something like 222-2222. I would say, "Sweet." People would say, "Mitch, how do I get a hold of you?" I would say, "Just press 2 for a while, and when I answer, you will know that you have pressed 2 enough."
Awesome :D
SI
I think someone off'd cronin.
Alan T
09-03-2008, 09:43 AM
I think someone off'd cronin.
He told me he was busy, but it sounded like a good busy.
Schmidty
09-03-2008, 09:44 AM
I believe there are a couple of members here who have my phone number and home address. I would hope it would be common sense to ask me first before giving that out.
(There is some legal stuff going on with some distant relatives that I am trying to stay out of.)
I don't have your number. :(
He told me he was busy, but it sounded like a good busy.
I'll smack that fool. He doesn't say 'hater' or anything when I ping him.
Alan T
09-03-2008, 10:00 AM
I'll smack that fool. He doesn't say 'hater' or anything when I ping him.
Its been a week or 10 days here too, I don't want you to think he likes me more than you because he asked me to not tell you that! :)
That's it. I'm deporting the both of you.
Bad-example
09-03-2008, 10:55 AM
The only person I gave your contact info to was Mr. B. E. Sullivan of Olton, TX.
For the record, that isn't me. :)
Clarification: Sharing a board member's phone number is uncool, but it is still ok to etch it on a bathroom wall, right?
Bobble
09-03-2008, 12:06 PM
Heck, I know enough about you that I could probably find you in Lexis Nexis in 5 minutes, ...
Shows what you know! I don't even LIVE in Lexis Nexis! In fact, I've never been South of the border (well, I've been to Taco Bell, but I don't think that counts).
JonInMiddleGA
09-03-2008, 12:11 PM
Shows what you know! I don't even LIVE in Lexis Nexis! In fact, I've never been South of the border (well, I've been to Taco Bell, but I don't think that counts).
Not bad, not bad at all.
Alan T
09-10-2008, 07:21 AM
I think someone off'd cronin.
Cronin dropped an email to me late last night saying that he's fine and asked me to let his friends know as well.
hhiipp
09-10-2008, 08:04 AM
Alan, can you give me his number so I can call him just to verify?
Lorena
09-10-2008, 08:11 AM
Cronin dropped an email to me late last night saying that he's fine and asked me to let his friends know as well.
Okay cool, I was starting to wonder about him.
Clarification: Sharing a board member's phone number is uncool, but it is still ok to etch it on a bathroom wall, right?
I sure hope so. I've plastered all of the stalls at work with Pumpy-pics. Guys seem to spend a LOT of time in there...
Pumpy Tudors
09-10-2008, 03:16 PM
I sure hope so. I've plastered all of the stalls at work with Pumpy-pics. Guys seem to spend a LOT of time in there...
That shit's going on at my work, too.
PUMPY IS WATCHING YOU POOP
By the way, gkb, is your wife feeling OK? I've been watching her poop lately, and she seems to be, uh, working a little harder than usual.
MikeVic
09-10-2008, 03:16 PM
Speaking of board members, I haven't seen KSyrup or rkmsuf lately.
Pumpy Tudors
09-10-2008, 03:23 PM
Speaking of board members, I haven't seen KSyrup or rkmsuf lately.
We're all at st.cronin's house. We hacked QuikSand and got the address from there.
Edit: You're welcome to stop by. I gave you the address, right?
MikeVic
09-10-2008, 03:23 PM
Wait for me.
Shoot, beat to the scoop.
Marc Vaughan
09-10-2008, 04:52 PM
I believe there are a couple of members here who have my phone number and home address. I would hope it would be common sense to ask me first before giving that out.
It goes without saying that I'd ask regarding your address and phone number ...
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You didn't mind me selling the photo's with out asking though did you?
;)
ISiddiqui
09-10-2008, 05:09 PM
Alan, can you give me his number so I can call him just to verify?
LMAO!!
That shit's going on at my work, too.
PUMPY IS WATCHING YOU POOP
By the way, gkb, is your wife feeling OK? I've been watching her poop lately, and she seems to be, uh, working a little harder than usual.
Dammit Pumpy, what did you do to my wife? Never mind, I don't want to know.
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