re: #238 Anymouse

HOLY CRAP this is fifty shades of creepy.
washingtonpost.com

This talks about a Website called FamilyTreeNow (dot) com, which bills itself as a genealogy research Website.

Anyone can look at it with no sign ups and no fees whatsoever. The Washington Post article tells about the site and how to opt-out.

I looked up my name - holy crap, they have every address I lived at for the last twenty years or so, every person in my family associated with me, friends, roommates, you name it.

The opt-out procedure is a bit convoluted; the instructions are given at the link in the Washington Post article.

I would strongly recommend if you value privacy (especially if you have haters, wingnuts, ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/crazy ex-hub or wife, &c) to get your name out of there. The site says it takes a couple days to process the information when you request opt-out. (Note they didn’t ask if anyone wanted to opt-in.)

You might also limit your search to just your name (in case there is wrong data in their database).

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

Damn, I ran it and got shocked with what it had on me. Yes, I did do the opt-out procedure!