Screaming Bean |
Saturday, April 05, 2003
Information you should know... Someone disseminated this information through our school's email system, and after checking it out myself, thought you might want to know. A new feature of a Google search allows anyone to access your home address, get a road map, and a satellite photo of your neighborhood area by searching on your phone number. This feature makes it possible to type a telephone number into Google's search bar, click the search button, and have a MapQuest page returned as a result. Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a physical street address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere in the country. It only works for publicly listed numbers. You can have your information deleted by following the directions below. You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by attempting a search - entering your full telephone number separated by dashes (e.g., xxx-xxx-xxxx). If the number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the first or second entry on the results page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number be removed from the database.
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