re: #95 Justanotherhuman

Even someone like me, who doesn’t use a cell phone, or FB or Twitter, but still uses the internet, has something, somewhere, on the internet, even if it’s just in the White Pages or some other directory, because I have a landline. So, if you knew my name, you could find my address and phone number. Otherwise, nada. I did find out, though, that even if I think I have a unique name, there are actually about 8 others in the US with the same one.

Ever google your own name?

Back before the internet, or before I had access to it anyway, I lived in a town where there was another person with my name. I used to get her phone calls sometimes, because we both had landlines and were listed in the book. Like everyone back then.

Speaking of expectations of privacy, back then you had to pay extra to be left out of the book.