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happymama
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Posted: Sept 08 2008 at 12:58pm \| IP Logged

Here's an article about how one man gained access to a stranger's bank account by using info. from her blog. Just something to think about for all who blog about personal things.

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Posted: Sept 08 2008 at 4:37pm \| IP Logged

Wow, that was really informative! I printed it out for my two college-age daughters to read. One of them is required to blog for an English class, so this was a very timely read in our house. Thanks for the reminder.

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Posted: Sept 08 2008 at 4:42pm \| IP Logged

I liked the article.. it wasn't paranoid and had good solid suggestions on how to make it more difficult for people to steal your info.

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Posted: Sept 08 2008 at 7:21pm \| IP Logged

JodieLyn wrote:

I liked the article.. it wasn't paranoid and had good solid suggestions on how to make it more difficult for people to steal your info.

I think it's great to remember these things ... that anything (and I mean anything ... even stuff from this forum) is out there for anyone to read.

I guess the only problem I have with this is that the author explains that he already knew the woman's name, her city and her bank and probable password and broke in from there? How hard would that really be?

Most of us that I read seem pretty circumspect, altho I think caution is a good thing to remind us of ....

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Posted: Sept 08 2008 at 7:30pm \| IP Logged

but those pieces of information are pretty easy to get.. how many blogs are the "*last name* Family Blog" or such.. then do a white pages search to pull up an address on that person and then use a yellow pages search to find the banks near that person and while you might not find it right away you'd be pretty close to what he started with.

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