Posting little details of our life on various threads…

Oreo

I see posters are still giving out lots of personal info , they haven’t bothered reading this thread obvs and seem to think that only the posters on a particular thread are reading it.

Yes, I noticed that too.

I reported a thread, it seemed suspicious to me but it is still there and posters are sharing their stories.

Oreo

I don’t tweak anything, but don’t say my home town or any names of family or personal info or ages of DGC or anything.
There’s no need.

Agreed.

East Anglia, 4 daughters, no names, old 1800s home - no value.

We've been scammed, good reminder not to share much.

I don’t tweak anything, but don’t say my home town or any names of family or personal info or ages of DGC or anything.
There’s no need.

I shall risk it for a biscuit and continue being me. 😁
I don’t post photos of family.
I don’t use their names.
I tweak inconsequential details.
But if we change too much we can’t be ourselves and I’d find that sad. And a bit of a waste of my time (and yours - if you’re reading my posts).

I see posters are still giving out lots of personal info , they haven’t bothered reading this thread obvs and seem to think that only the posters on a particular thread are reading it.

A couple of years ago a once prolific poster gave details of a person who had come back in to her life, through previous information she had given I found this man in less than 10 minutes,I had his name street address and details of a court case he was involved in.

She was horrified and apologetic, the thread was removed instantly.

I remember that a Japanese man located a woman from a photo she posted from her flat. Really annoying that I can’t find any details but I came across this.
Needless to say that I’ve posted a screenshot. A bit of a faff but perhaps a wise precaution?

The wisest thing is not to, surely. Unfortunately some are lured in to thinking it’s a nice cosy space to offload and give lots of personal details which, I think, should be held back. It’s not safe.

If people are posting about being in hospital, on holiday, away at friends, down the church on certain days together with details of where they live then the unscrupulous could build a picture up quite easily. Be vague. Tell your story but be aware of potential consequences if you do.

I remember a few years ago there were several burglaries linked to people posting funeral arrangements and including their address. Also some people post that they are going away for a holiday and their address is easily found.

I might know who that is.
And if so, so what?
If it’s who I think it is they rarely go on holiday and have an EXTREMELY fierce guard dog 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It is stalking I had in mind, whether for good or ill. Information given can be built upon and someone found who may not be welcome.

The problem is, a person doesn’t have to trawl through posts. A computer program can do it easily and correlate the details.
When I reported a recent scam, the bank asked if I’d answered any questions about my shopping habits, where I might have used my card, when did I last use my card etc. Evidently details like that are useful to the scammer to build a profile.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

But what COULD you do with such information really?

That’s what I would like someone to explain to me!
And with this one ‘

A few years ago a poster posted a photo of husbands gravestone, they then mentioned a holiday on another thread .
They have several times over the years have mentioned area they live in.

With Ai all theses details will add up‘

Wouldn’t someone have to trawl through all the person’s posts after they have identified them, find the exact address, scope out the house to make sure it’s empty while the occupants are on holiday, then arrange a burglary? Or do you fear AI will do it for you? And wouldn’t telling someone in the village shop or hairdresser that you were going on holiday be just as risky, if not more so if you’re overheard?
I’m all for being aware when it comes to requests for money, but I wouldn’t like to become fearful of divulging any information at all.

Caleo

Allira

I haven’t told anyone this before but I really live in a massive mansion in Park Lane
I wasn't going to let on, but I do know you in Real Life and really enjoyed myself when you invited me round for afternoon tea.
Your butler is very handsome, I must say

Aye and I am Anastasia's daughter.

Gransnet and all other human communications would crumple to rubbish if enough lies are told. That is why in most religious traditions, lying is normally considered wrong (a sin or vice), but many also recognize situations where a lie can be the lesser evil or even a duty.

You must be my long-lost sister!!
Hello 😁

There’s something deeply unedifying about contacting a posters employer to cause trouble. Much more ‘normal’ to post or pm the poster suggesting they be more cautious. I recall a number of occasions when a new poster has used real family names, identified the area etc, when a number of us have advised the post be removed and replaced without identifying info.

Crikey that all passed me by.

I know Phoenix was a very popular member of GN and her early death was very sad .
However she posted that her employer ,who was easily identified, as she named the place she worked at, was using dating sites.
That was very wrong.
Just as wrong, almost, as the person who told her employer what she had done.
You can see how easily identifiable the employer was in that the information was sent to him.
Both actions wrong in my opinion.

Allira

^I haven’t told anyone this before but I really live in a massive mansion in Park Lane^
I wasn't going to let on, but I do know you in Real Life and really enjoyed myself when you invited me round for afternoon tea.
Your butler is very handsome, I must say

Aye and I am Anastasia's daughter.

Gransnet and all other human communications would crumple to rubbish if enough lies are told. That is why in most religious traditions, lying is normally considered wrong (a sin or vice), but many also recognize situations where a lie can be the lesser evil or even a duty.

I also remember the Alpaca Farm thread. Just after the daughter posted about the sad death of her parents, the son then posted a very angry statement berating the few GNs who questioned why there had been nothing in local newspapers about the accident. He was furious and accused posters of being ambulance chasers. It really was a very convincing thread, honed over months. Lots of GNs were very upset believing that a much loved member had died. Why someone would go to such lengths to manufacture such a story us beyond me, unless it was some educational experiment to show the dangers of social media.

Like you Jennifer I was immediately suspicious of the ‘daughter’ posting that her parents had been killed by a drunken driver the night before - how that level of detail would be known barely 12 hours or so after the ‘accident and why ‘she’ chose to post so soon afterwards wasn’t credible. It was a most unpleasant episode.
Thank you for the reminder GG and I hope the cc hack is resolved very quickly.

No that's true. But not casually available by googling and easy AI etc - which I thought someone has intimated earlier.

NotSpaghetti
The difference being Gemini isn’t a hacker.

Iam64

Some other oldies will remind us of this but, am I correctly recalling the lovely phoenix had some of her negative comments about her workplace forwarded to her employer

What kind of weird gets off on that kind of behaviour. Somehow identifying the area, the workplace then setting out to cause mayhem..

Your correct Iam64
Very upsetting 😥

...or anyone else for that matter.

So it seems you need to trawl threads to find out about me.