Of course, your number could just be dialed at random with the same results. Be careful about how quickly you access your gun.
Monday, February 02, 2009
New Times, New Crimes
There is a new type of crime sweeping the nation called "swatting." It seems that a bored kid or a ne'er-do-well who wishes you harm can fake a 911 call and have a S.W.A.T sent to your home, prepared for battle. This could be a person you know or someone thousands of miles away who has some kind of grudge for something you might have said over the Internet. All they need to find out is your phone number. Reason again to limit what information you put on your blog. As an experiment, I found out the phone number and address of one of my readers with nothing more than his name and the state in which he lives. Just something to consider.
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I'll bet it was me. I don't hide my identity that well. Not because I'm not too bright. But because I have no fear.
Wait a minute. That's not too bright.
Really it's because I don't fear identity theft. If someone stole my identity, they wouldn't be able to do asnything with it. I don't ha e anything. They'd probably pay me to take it back.
Actually, I had my identitty stolen a few weeks ago. The thieves accessed my bank account and made a debit for $1.99. I check my bank account online reguarly, and when I saw the charge I had it credited back to my account and called the DOJ and reported the theft. Nothing else has happened since. Also changed my password and closed that bank account.
Was it me?? I use my real name as the name of my blog, and my town of residence is in my profile. This is a decision I now regret, but I guess it's too late to do anything about it. Good thing that my blog very widely unknown!
You remind me that I once figured out exactly where John Derbyshire lives, because he sometimes mentions his town, and he once identified by name a neighbor who lives on his block. OK, that was redundant. But my point is, that's scary, because Derb writes things that can make crazy people even crazier.
If swat comes around here, they better watch how quickly they access THEIR guns...They may quickly find themselves outmaned and outgunned from a superior fighting position...
Nope, none of you. But, it wouldn't hurt to take a look at your sites and clean them of any dangerous information. A lot of people don't realize how advanced technology is. These people who announce their phone number at the grocery store checkout drive me nuts. I could punch that number into my car's navigator and it would take me right to their door.
If it was me, give me a call, and I'll take you to lunch sometime, LR.
(Or if it wasn't.)
Someone in Arizona is using my Socilist Security Number and paying into my account...
I've tried to get something done about it, but everyone tells me that it just helps me in the long run.
Whatever...
Nope, not you.
I've been trying to figure out Lone Ranger's true identity for a long time. I'm not bad at detective work, either. I figured out ER's a couple of years ago.
Anyway, I can't figure LR out.
I think I could figure out Trader Rick's and Jim O'Sullivan's, but I don't want to bother. They don't live as close to me as LR does.
I know LR grew up in North Dakota. I think he was from somewhere in the SW of the state near Mott. He was born between 1940 and 1950. Am I close LR?
I was born in North Dakota in 1949 in the southeast part of the state somewhere near Jamestown.
I think it was me...
Nope. I am not a stalker.
You've made people paranoid, LR. Good Job!
Darn... I was hoping I could help Mark pin point where the heck you are...
I know where he is, Cathy, but Arlington's a big town, and that's as "pinpointed" as I can get.
Only two people know where I live -- Tonto, because we've exchanged mail and Cyndi L., because I've bought several of her excellent pieces of jewelry.
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