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TNDadx4
TNDadx4
15 years ago

Jack,

Thanks for the show and especially the info on Spokeo!

I appreciate you looking out for us!

TNDadx4
TNDadx4
15 years ago

Jack,

Thanks for the show today and especially the information on Spokeo. I appreciate you looking out for us!

Romy
Romy
15 years ago

Tried my name in spokeo, turned up nothing. Hardly surprising since I am fiercely protective of my details online.

It’s worth saying that sites like that get their information from other sources, and it’s better to make sure those sources don’t give out your details, so even if more spokeo type sites turn up there is nothing out there for them to gather.

Peter
Peter
15 years ago

Spokeo – Yet another invasion of our privacy and indiscriminate use of our personal and private information.

When will people start to realize the real purpose of twitbook et al is datamine our lives.

If you want a safe way to search the internet try:
http://www.tinfoilfedora.com

Stop The Insanity

Sidney
15 years ago

Your guy on \"A listener from Hemet, California explains the impact of the housing crash\" said he was working with the bank on a short sale, but he also purchased another house before he could complete the short sale? Most likely he is stuck in the middle and he must work with the bank to complete the short sale because the bank may be able to take his new house too. He still owes on the note if the bank does not take the deal on the short sale and release the guy. So he could lose the 1st house, still be liable on the note for the 1st house, and the bank can still take a deficiency judgment against him and get a judgment lien on the 2nd house as well. Not a very good place to be.

Luke
Luke
15 years ago

Jack, glad I just listened to this show! (I am catching up again.) Question about Spok eo … do you think there is any good reason to leave my listing if some of the information is false? I searched for several people I know well, and some of their information was false as well. Heck, maybe people will see that my house is worth 1+ million and want to buy it for say $800k, a hefty profit indeed! LOL! I’ll think twice before including my name with marketing surveys in the future.

Has anyone here paid for the service yet? I’m thinking of doing it just so that I can find out all of the info they have on me (and my friends of course)!

Brian
Brian
15 years ago

Hi Jack,

Just searched myself on Spokeo and found some things I’d prefer other people not to see. I tried to remove myself but it is asking for a URL to the profile yet I can’t determine that from the search results. Am I missing something, how did you get removed?

Thanks,
Brian

Brian
Brian
15 years ago

I figured out how to remove my profiles. You have to click on your profile in the search result and then it changes the URL in the browser. I didn\’t notice this while on my iPhone…

Denny
Denny
15 years ago

Still can’t figure out how to take my info off Spokeo. Can somebody explain this to me? Thanks!

troy
troy
15 years ago

I noticed that Spokeo also got outed on the “other” prepper site, Rawles.

In that message, the guy claims that when you email spokeo to get your stuff “removed”, it’s really just a phishing expedition to get/confirm your email, so it can even more efficiently collect data on you. And while the free version of your information disappears upon your request, the info is still available for sale at thirty bucks.

Great…

Could anybody confirm or deny that?
I recognize that it is “public” information, but would they refuse to sell my info if I tell them not to?

Thanks,

troy

Adam
Adam
15 years ago

While it may not be honorable to destroy a house or steal things from it as you walk away, I certainly don’t see any moral reason why one can’t walk away. When you buy a house you are signing a contract. If you keep your end they keep theirs and there are distinct penalties for breaking that contract. In this case you stop paying and they receive their property back. There’s no moral issue just the conclusion of the agreement.

This is how its always worked, its only an issue now because banks were so stupid as to give loans for amounts vastly greater than the value of the property. If they could repossess the house and sell it for what they loaned or greater then there would be no issue.

Corporations walk away from bad business deals all the time and hand back the keys on commercial property or a variety of other things. This is considered business as usual and isn’t a moral issue.

As Karen DeCoster, from lewrockwell put it, “If all factors point to your best option being a default, then walk away guilt-free and boost your cash flow and future prospects, because ultimately, you are responsible for you, and none of these babbling naysayers are going to bail you out or come by to help clean up the mess. Walk away, free yourself from unnecessary bondage, and let the giant banks sort out the mess that they helped to perpetuate and swell.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/decoster169.html

Cooter Brown
Cooter Brown
15 years ago

Happy to say that Spokeo had two listings for me, both outrageously wrong. Think I\’ll let them keep that info.

Josiah Garber
15 years ago

Seems that when I did a search for you on spokeo the information was not taken down.

Josiah Garber
15 years ago

Ah I see. 🙂 Just thought id give you the heads up. I ran my name Josiah Garber, and it came up with information about someone in another state along with my profile photo from Facebook. Thought that was rather funny.