Just learned about spokeo.com – a directory website that had three separate listings for me with information I’d rather keep private (e.g. age, marital status, kids, homeowner, estimate credit, etc.).

Search for yourself and you’ll see what sites like Facebook and Myspace have doing with your information. Do yourself a favor and remove your name from their listings by clicking on their privacy link at the bottom of the page. You’ll have to cut and paste the address of each instance your name appears in their directory to remove them. I had to use another e-mail address to get my last request fulfilled.

No wonder my cell-phone has been getting more stupid telemarketer calls lately.

On a side note, here’s the timeline of Facebook’s eroding privacy. If you haven’t already yet, uncheck the box on this page to stop them from getting every bit of info they can resell to others. You’ve been warned.

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