Comments on: Tool mines personal data from across Net

Security researcher crafts product that associates data from multiple sources and could provide enough information for ID fraudsters.

[Razzl]

Unlisted phone number first line of defense

The simplest, quickest, and cheap-enough way to cut down your exposure on the web is to get an unlisted phone number. The web directories get their name/address/phone info on you from telephone listings, which your primary provider is obligated to sell to them unless you are unlisted. The $3/month you'll have to pay AT&T will be worth it in the long run. Without those listings much of the other info on the web about most people can't be pieced together into an identity.

[drjackryan]

Re: Unlisted phone number first line of defense

Razzi: You are exactly right. I recently took my name out off for a couple of dollars a month too.
I had an college friend that could not figure out how their number is "on the internet". I laughed and told her to go to www.yellowpages.com and she said..."ohhhh". I continued to laugh.