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, Home: 720-550-6142 Cell: 720-435-7407 Skype: denverqueen0920 Twitter: Ms_denverqueen Instagram: denverqueen0920 Facebook: www.facebook.com/denverqueen0920 Blog: www.denverqueen.com 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