Originally Posted by Aarokh
So, you are upset about him spamming things which were public through the internet already? (Facebook for example?)
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Well, before he did it, her phone wasn't ringing off the hook.
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It's not a fine thing to do and he certainly is a jerk but on the one hand people are crying bloody murder over the realID thing, on the other hand are giving out all of their personal details on facebook. Sounds like hypocrisy to me.
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1. It doesn't require facebook.
2. The information "hey everybody, here is the name of someone
who plays WoW" gives people a reason to look that person up, even if they didn't have one before.
My name's in the phone book, but if you don't have my name, you can't look me up in the phone book. Giving someone my name allows them to get all those other records.
I think that's the thing -- the fact is, a whole bunch of personal information about any adult is gonna be a matter of public record which they
cannot hide, delete, or prevent people from looking up. The only real defense you get is that you can choose not to share the name that can be used to look it all up.
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So, for example you play WoW, you got a facebook account with all your real information revealed to the internet.. But you are upset that people might know which facebook users actually play which toon(s) in WoW?
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Yes. Again, giving people information in context is very different from the information existing with no way for them to know to look it up.
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Sorry but this is double morale to me. If you don't post your phone number on Twitter, Facebook, vz.net (german) or other sites then people won't get your phone number in WoW through the RealID either..
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This kind of thing stops being true very rapidly as you age, because for instance, if you buy a house, the name of the owner of the property is a matter of public record by law, and it would be criminal for it
not to be searchable.
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I checked with various search sites like pipl and so on and There wasn't one match in the results. (there actually were like 6 Matches, all from people in the USA, I live outside of the US and I wasn't among the results.)
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So your argument is that because you personally happened not to be easily found, the millions of people who aren't you and are easily found shouldn't worry?
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So maybe you guys shouldn't worry which info gets revealed in WoW, but which info is actually revealed about you on certain websites already. With a name and surname alone there's still enough protection for your privacy.
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No, there isn't.
Seriously, please. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. You're making that abundantly clear. If your next post does not include a list of real live credentials like law enforcement work or security, I'm just gonna put you on ignore so I never have to read this drivel again.
... On second thought, I'm not even gonna wait. You've made it totally clear that you have no idea what you're talking about, you're not going to learn, you're not going to listen, and all you're going to do is spew nonsense which cannot possibly be believed by anyone who has ever done any kind of research or reading in the field. Please, feel free to continue spreading urban legends about identity theft that occasionally get people killed.