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Thought I'd pass this along ...
>
> Google.com has implemented a new feature wherein you can type
someone's
> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
be
> given a map to their house.
>
> Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before
> forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in
> google.com. My address came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest
link,
> it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your
> home number. Read below for details.
>
> Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number,
> someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives.
>
> Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e.555-555-1212) and hit
> enter.
>
> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,
> simply click on phonebook results link above your phone number and
> scroll down. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.
>
> If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but
it
> is a good idea just to check.
>
> You might want to pass this on to friends and family.

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Robert wrote:
> Thought I'd pass this along ...

Next time, don't.

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Reverse lookup with maps has been around for years....

"Robert" <prejazz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108478275.891792.220070@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thought I'd pass this along ...
>>
>> Google.com has implemented a new feature wherein you can type
> someone's
>> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
> be
>> given a map to their house.
>>
>> Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before
>> forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in
>> google.com. My address came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest
> link,
>> it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your
>> home number. Read below for details.
>>
>> Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number,
>> someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives.
>>
>> Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e.555-555-1212) and hit
>> enter.
>>
>> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,
>> simply click on phonebook results link above your phone number and
>> scroll down. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.
>>
>> If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but
> it
>> is a good idea just to check.
>>
>> You might want to pass this on to friends and family.
>

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Robert <prejazz@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thought I'd pass this along ...
>>

Don't. Google has been offering the feature for ages. It only works on
listed numbers and thus you could do it yourself with a call to number
Information (555-1212) and a map. And besides, what are you selling here?

FS: My opinion $0.02.

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Robert wrote:
> Thought I'd pass this along ...
>
>>Google.com has implemented a new feature wherein you can type
>
> someone's
>
>>telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
>
> be
>
>>given a map to their house.
>>
>>Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before
>>forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in
>>google.com. My address came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest
>
> link,
>
>>it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your
>>home number. Read below for details.
>>
>>Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number,
>>someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives.
>>
>>Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e.555-555-1212) and hit
>>enter.
>>
>>If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,
>>simply click on phonebook results link above your phone number and
>>scroll down. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.
>>
>>If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but
>
> it
>
>>is a good idea just to check.
>>
>>You might want to pass this on to friends and family.
>
>


WOW! Late breaking news that's only several years old.
News film at 11:00.

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So basically, what your saying, is that google has maliciously cross
referenced the public phone books listed address's in order to automatically
fill out the address field in their map search so that you can do in a few
clicks, what normally took several page turns from several reference
materials to accomplish?

Yet another attack on our 1st amendment right to ignorant
bliss....................................


Get a clue............................



"Robert" <prejazz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108478275.891792.220070@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thought I'd pass this along ...
>>
>> Google.com has implemented a new feature wherein you can type
> someone's
>> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
> be
>> given a map to their house.
>>
>> Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before
>> forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in
>> google.com. My address came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest
> link,
>> it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your
>> home number. Read below for details.
>>
>> Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number,
>> someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives.
>>
>> Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e.555-555-1212) and hit
>> enter.
>>
>> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,
>> simply click on phonebook results link above your phone number and
>> scroll down. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.
>>
>> If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but
> it
>> is a good idea just to check.
>>
>> You might want to pass this on to friends and family.
>

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"Get a clue"

Get a new cliche.

F.S. one cliche, older than googles telephone mapping algorithm, hell,
older than dirt itself. $10.00

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Mapanarii wrote:
>
> "Robert" <prejazz@hotmail.com> wrotenews:1108478275.891792.220070
> @g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Thought I'd pass this along ...
> >>
> >> Google.com has implemented a new feature wherein you can type
> > someone's
> >> telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will
> > be
> >> given a map to their house.
> >>
> >> Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. Before
> >> forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in
> >> google.com. My address came up, and when I clicked on the MapQuest
> > link,
> >> it actually mapped out where I live. Quite scary. Please look up your
> >> home number. Read below for details.
> >>
> >> Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number,
> >> someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives.
> >>
> >> Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e.555-555-1212) and hit
> >> enter.
> >>
> >> If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information,
> >> simply click on phonebook results link above your phone number and
> >> scroll down. I removed my name, but it takes 48-hours.
> >>
> >> If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but
> > it
> >> is a good idea just to check.
> >>
> >> You might want to pass this on to friends and family.
> >
> >
>
> Do you know there are still morons around who write their ss numbers, have
> their home address, home phone and DL numbers on their checks??????
>
> Some illegal alien on probation for rape is working the cash register and
> you're going to GIVE him all that info?
> Or the women who makes copies of those checks and takes them home for her
> ex-con hubby for id theft?

SS#s, I'll agree with... There's never a need to put it on a check.

But, a large number of sellers *require* phone numbers or drivers
license numbers... Whether they're printed on the check, or written
by hand, they're still available to those same people you're afraid
of.

Notan

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Of course your right... Because nothing is more impressive than a 39
year old white male attempting to sound like a "Yo MTV Raps"
reject.......................

Please, enlighten me!!! What is the latest Hilary Duff wannabe cliché? I'd
love to impress my 13 year old with my inept understanding of teenage psycho
babble.............










"Doggus" <D0ggus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Get a clue"
>
> Get a new cliche.
>
> F.S. one cliche, older than googles telephone mapping algorithm, hell,
> older than dirt itself. $10.00
>

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The authority on information you seek would be your 13 yo. Of course
if you wanna impress her, don't ask her first, find one of her friends
and pay her off not to tell. Who is Hilllary Duff anyway.

F.S. Incomplete knowledge of current pop culture due to checking out
of after the Dukes of Hazard was cancelled from network television.
However extensive knowledge of NFL football still maintained. Only 50
duckies.

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"Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message news:42125617.A6AD7261@ddress.com...
> But, a large number of sellers *require* phone numbers or drivers
> license numbers... Whether they're printed on the check, or written
> by hand, they're still available to those same people you're afraid
> of.

There are still people who pay for retail purchases by check?
How quaint. I haven't carried a checkbook for about 10 years now.
Don't you hate being in a checkout line behind someone who
doesn't even begin to fill out their check until all the purchases
are tallied up? Considerate people who insist on using a check
should fill out everything but the amount by the time they get
to the cashier. Unfortunately, most check writers are not
considerate of their fellow human beings or else they'd use a
credit card.

--
John Richards

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John Richards wrote:

> to the cashier. Unfortunately, most check writers are not considerate of
> their fellow human beings or else they'd use a
> credit card.

Well, that's... unrealistic.

Not everyone qualifies for or wants to pay the interest on a credit card. And
at least at the grocery store, where I still see a decent number of people
paying with checks, the process has been speeded up to the point that it's not
a big deal.




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They could pay with ATM cards rather than checks. I do not understand why
they do not use ATM cards.


"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
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> John Richards wrote:
>
>> to the cashier. Unfortunately, most check writers are not considerate of
>> their fellow human beings or else they'd use a
>> credit card.
>
> Well, that's... unrealistic.
>
> Not everyone qualifies for or wants to pay the interest on a credit card.
> And at least at the grocery store, where I still see a decent number of
> people paying with checks, the process has been speeded up to the point
> that it's not a big deal.
>
>
>
>
> --
> JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638)
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
>
> "In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
> Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
> amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

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"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
> Not everyone qualifies for or wants to pay the interest on a credit
card.

Steve, I'm suprised to hear you say that, as sharp as you usually are. ;)
We're talking about ATM cards here, not unsecured credit cards. No one
who has a checking account is denied an ATM card if they ask (at least
I've never heard of anyone being denied, nor would I understand why anyone
would be denied one) so it would stand to reason that everyone should keep
their damn checkbooks at home and embrace the 20th century and use their
ATM cards.

> And at least at the grocery store, where I still see a decent number of
people
> paying with checks, the process has been speeded up to the point that
it's not
> a big deal.

Now, some people just CAN'T understand how to use a checking account
without having the checkbook (specifically, the ledger part) in front of
them for EVERY transaction (I know a guy like this) and that's STILL not a
problem. You just bring the ledger with you and keep the damn checks at
home. Easy!

It isn't difficult unless one wishes to make it difficult for oneself.

> JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET
(4638)
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
> "In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
> Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
> amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

Kevin M.
"Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles
you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War*
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