wjburken
Supporting Member
I guess you may be right. With that being said, anyone who puts a decal on their back window with a baseball, softball, volleyball, etc. and the kids first name and their jersey number along with what school they attend, could be putting their family at risk because now I know what school the kid goes to. From there, I can figure out their last name by looking at a team roster which will let me start to track them on social media and find out where they will be and when, and either use that information to abduct your child or find out when the family isn't going to be home and break into their house. I'm not saying this is you, but I find it funny how people get hung up on one aspect of possible identity theft or security, but then not think twice about other aspects like when they post pictures while they are out of town at a sporting event or on vacation or whatever and not think twice about it. My cousin posted something about 10 years ago about how she was feeling down so she was going to go on walk along a secluded lake by herself while enjoying a bottle of wine as a way to relax. My mom called her and told her she just told people with bad intentions that she was going to be alone, in a secluded area and possibly intoxicated. She hadn't even thought about it that way.I don't disagree with you in principal but since I work in IT (specifically software/network testing and security testing...) I see instances all the time of info poached off the web that is used for unsavory purposes as someone on the road doesn't have access to my name and other info, just a license plate. Anyone who can gain access to the DB here can get name/email and with the license plate, is closer to being able to execute those 'bad things'.
Probably overkill, but maybe chalk it up to an ounce of prevention???? ;-)
Where do you stop?