Left to chance

How spammers and online stalkers find you

Just got wind of a great article, How Do Spammers and Online Stalkers Find Me?  From things as simple as online white and yellow pages to filling out forms with too much personal information to chain letters and hoaxes (you know, when the forwarded email has 100s of addresses from all the past forwards).  This is posted on their site as a way to keep kids safe online, but it’s information that everyone needs to know.  When you go online, you need to think about your privacy, as it can effect your security, and the security of others close to you. Also, note the unsettling fact that even though this article was written in August of 2001 it’s still current.