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jcat

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I was aware of that. My user name here is apparently very, very common, though, so I don't worry about it. I do a search using my real name once in a while, too, to make sure there's not much information out there in cyberspace. What's really weird is that there's a woman in Alaska with the same name and date of birth as me, and a very similar telephone number (different country and area codes). It's not a case of identity theft (I did some checking), just a strange coincidence.
 

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Originally Posted by Vibiana

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but using Google opens you up to a lot of spyware and stuff. I stopped using it because it was loading up my computer with ads and junk I didn't need. I don't know how to stop it, maybe someone here does. For now I use dogpile instead -- a librarian friend recommended it.
It could be that your computer security settings are too low. A few years back I kept getting spyware and viruses even with programs to stop them. Ever since I increased the security settings I haven't had these problems.
 

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Originally Posted by Miss Mew

Oh no!!, I found a bunch of links to TCS on there...but the worst part is that there is a woman out there that goes by the name of Miss Mew too and she likes to take half naked pictures of herself and post them on the internet!!!, Why did we have to share the same name!
Thats too funny! What a surprise huh!? HA!
 

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HERE IM FAMOUS!

type in my full name thanks to Rigel
it leads you to tcs!!
 

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scary!
I knew some info was out there, but I didn't think of that....!:-O
 

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Huh I didn't know that either. I googled mine and there was only one strange forum.
MissMew- yeah, yeah sure it's some other lady!
You're just trying to cover yourself now you know we can look you up! (Well, it sounds like someone should be covering themselves anyway!)
 

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Originally Posted by jcat

really weird is that there's a woman in Alaska with the same name and date of birth as me, and a very similar telephone number (different country and area codes). It's not a case of identity theft (I did some checking), just a strange coincidence.
That is a coincidence!!
I found a similar thing when I went to the doctors and they had the notes for someone else with the same name as mine!! The Dr was confused about what I was telling him as there was no history of it! I did a google and found out that there's another girl with the same name as me, living in the same part of the city with the same Dr - and she went to the same uni as me!!
 

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Rockcat said:
I found this out fairly recently. Many of you probably already know, but just in case...
Did you know that if you google your user name it will lead you to TCS forum? If you use the same user name on other forums it will show that too?
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THANK YOU SO MUCH for that information! I did it and it took me to places ai had long forgotton. I saw photo of my Beautiful Corkie and read messages about her and my other cats!

It brought back such wonderful but sad memories! Again thank you!
 

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That is why I use different user names for all the forums I belong to. Also, I don't leave much personal info behind.
 
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MyBabies said:
Originally Posted by Rockcat

I found this out fairly recently. Many of you probably already know, but just in case...
Did you know that if you google your user name it will lead you to TCS forum? If you use the same user name on other forums it will show that too?
.....................QUOTE]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for that information! I did it and it took me to places ai had long forgotton. I saw photo of my Beautiful Corkie and read messages about her and my other cats!

It brought back such wonderful but sad memories! Again thank you!
Sorry I made you sad, but I'm glad you found your memories.
 
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