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Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2005/03/11, 04:54 AM Google has implemented a new feature wherein you can type someone's telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will be given a map to their house. Everyone should be aware of this! Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in google.com. My phone number came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest link, it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your own number. Read below for details. Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number, someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: http://www.google.com/ Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter.If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click the hot link above your name. next to your phone number. Removal takes 48-hours. If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but it is a good idea just to check. If your number does come up if you hit map, it will show you a direct map to your house... -------------- Anni ******* In my head, I am out of my mind....
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2005/03/11, 06:08 AM Didnt divulge the way to the den for me -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
Lonegirl Posts: 446 Joined: 2002/11/13	2005/03/11, 07:04 AM Didn't come up with mine at all...and I tried all my various numbers... :)
xxrajxx Posts: 423 Joined: 2004/08/12	2005/03/11, 07:17 AM tried it in uk nothing
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2005/03/11, 07:23 AM Make sure that you are using the http://www.google.com/ link and not the one on your homepage. When I used the one on my homepage nothing came up, but when I used that other link, it coughed it right out. -------------- Anni ******* In my head, I am out of my mind....
Lonegirl Posts: 446 Joined: 2002/11/13	2005/03/11, 07:32 AM nope still nada :)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2005/03/11, 07:49 AM It did for me creepy -------------- If you can itch your nose after arm day...do another set! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
jdb1979 Posts: 58 Joined: 2004/03/25	2005/03/11, 08:48 AM www.whitepages.com does the same thing when you type in the persons first and last name.
Vedakathryn Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2004/05/28	2005/03/11, 09:27 AM Yahoo and others have been doing this for quite a while, it is a warning to heed! -------------- Veda MISERY IS OPTIONAL ***When you are up to your ears in trouble, try using the part that is not submerged. ***The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2005/03/11, 09:36 AM It did it on mine as well. I don't think that it is anything new. For a while now you have been able to do a reverse lookup of a phone number and put the address in mapquest to get the address
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2005/03/11, 02:59 PM Didn't wotk for here. But this is nothing knew to the net. This site has been around for years. http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/ Don't scare yourself. -------------- Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet! Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press. Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2005/03/11, 03:18 PM This is just another theory to get us living scared. We are scared of everything. -------------- I was 17 years old the first time my father told me he loved me.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/03/11, 07:25 PM It did neither of my numbers, but when I put in a friend of mine, spit it right out. Interesting. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2005/03/14, 02:35 PM I'm with hec on this one. If your phone number is listed in the book, so is your name and address with it. These sites just automate something that's been around forever. If you don't want people to find you then you have to pay to keep your number unlisted, at least that's how it is in Michigan. Or, get rid of the house phone and go cellular-only, mobile phone numbers are still private I believe.