Hmmm, it's not that I wouldn't want MY name and info found, it's about
my dad. I really would rather cut that one off, but it's hard for me now
with financial and ... okay, food security issues at the moment.
Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
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On 9/10/2015 10:00 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
> go live in a cave, with no internet, telephone, mail or interaction with the
> outside world, and you'll be safe from all those crazy people slavvering to
> find you online...
> The second you go online and create any sort of profile of any kind, or the
> second you have a publically listed address or telephone number, people can
> find you...they can also walk up to your house and knock on the door so what
> difference does it make?
> Again, if you don't want your name, address or potentially phone number,
> online, don't go online, ever! and have your phone number unlisted and use a
> post office box instead of your home address for all bills and mail
> correspondance.
> Now that you have indicated that you are on face book and about 6 other
> social media sites, and given allot of personal info out over email, it's
> easy to find you...do you really imagine that a ham radio callsign is going
> to make your personal identity any harder to find than it already is?
> seriously? lol
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Byrne
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>
> Beth,
> I don't think that a government license will make a lot of
> difference. in the ham databases it is your name, license class,
> issue and expiration dates and little else. Nothing proprietary or,
> honestly very intersting. you've outted yourself more with your
> emails tonight than ever would be available through a callsign
> lookup. So, chill out, get a callsign or not, and all will be what it is.
> pat, K9JAUAt 08:45 PM 9/10/2015, you wrote:
>> Okay, guys. I don't normally post on here. But I've got some serious
>> decision making to do before I get my ham license. My boyfriend, who is
>> already a ham, has a pretty common name. Okay, I was talking to him and
>> another ham friend of mine, but I got worried about several things:
>> 1. If you Google for instance my boyfriend's callsign, you will find his
>> profile right there on QRZ, Ham Shack, Arizona's ham radio database, and
>> lots of other places. So that worries me because my name is a one and
>> only, pretty unique.
>> 2. If you Google the same callsign plus your name, imagine what pops up
>> after that. When I Googled my name alone, I managed to bring up some
>> pretty weird stuff even I admit I wrote, plus my Facebook, LinkedIn,
>> Twitter, Instagram, etc. I even found my Foursquare profile, and eerily,
>> I found a 411 website that contained my dad's phone number and address,
>> and if you Google the correct name, not Elizabeth, but Beth, you will
>> definitely pop up my dad's address and phone number. I don't want this,
>> so I'm trying to decide. If I google a callsign and name put together,
>> you narrow your search, but it appears, however, that my boyfriend's
>> name is too common, and I joked with him that he had a clone in
>> Vancouver Washington State. lol
>> So this is my dilemma: if I get a ham radio license now, unmarried, with
>> the maiden name as is, my dad could easily pop up in Google search
>> results, and someone, maybe another strange weird person, could contact
>> my dad and ask why I even bothered. He has some mental competency issues
>> with me he has not resolved, so that's a given. I hate my maiden name
>> anyway. But I am leaning toward waiting for a license when my marriage
>> certificate with my boyfriend is confirmed. When we sign and dot the I's
>> and cross the T's on our I Do slip, so to speak, then I think I'd be
>> better off with a ham license, smooth sailing. The reason why I am
>> writing this list is to get advice and to see if I'm doing this all in
>> the name of informed decision making. I know some of you who are male
>> won't concur, but in this digital age, you can Google somebody's
>> callsign and Lord knows what is connected with that. As for my
>> boyfriend's clone in Vancouver, I'm not concerned, but I find it weird.
>> I wish the boyfriend's callsign would show me his Facebook page though,
>> after all I think that's where we're headed.
>> Thank you all for your advice in advance.
>>
>> --
>> Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
>> Home: 720-550-6142
>> Cell: 720-435-7407
>> Skype: denverqueen0920
>> Twitter: Ms_denverqueen
>> Instagram: denverqueen0920
>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/denverqueen0920
>> Blog: www.denverqueen.com
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