Decided to google my name. Complete, incluidng middle one and... scary

[question everything]

Ended in a site called myLife

First link was to facebook where they got my age and birthdate.

And then they have my full address - OK, we are listed. Also towns where we lived in the past 30 years.

Also got the names of many of my neighbors as with whom "I associate" which was iffy.

"Estimated" my annual income - almost three times higher. "Estimated" my religion - wrong.

Still, scary.

I really really would like to remove my birthdate from Facebok but cannot. I know that many do not have them.

[ck4829]

1. You can edit many things about any entry on there without needing to register

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That's the magic about it.

Here's an entry for a guy who bombed a mosque.

https://www.mylife.com/michael-hari/e349725829008

Critical Race Theory

[Rorey]

2. The sites that require your DOB

They aren't going to know if you put the wrong date.

[Rorey]

3. Well, I checked out my info at mylife

Some is correct and some is incorrect.

[csziggy]

4. For Facebook I just put my birthyear

And left the default for January 1. SO every New Year's Day I get a happy birthday notice from all sorts of people, including Facebook.

I do that kind of thing for all sorts of sites that want to verify your age - just give them the year. Facebook has no other info on me - I don't give them anything much to work with other than the pages I follow and some informative articles I post there (mostly news articles I see here).

[Rorey]

5. Wow! We share a birthday!

Well, we share a pretend birthday.

[Raine]

9. I use January 1 too only for the birthyear I put the year I graduated high school

I'm youthing, haha.

[csziggy]

12. Oh - that would be good - I'd be seventeen years younger!

Maybe I'll do that in the future.

[question everything]

17. That's how I started. Chose Jan 15 and a different year

Then changed but now I cannot even find the date to change!

I wonder whether I can quit and then decide whether I want to sign again.

[Leith]

6. My university always seems to know where I live

They keep sending me their magazine and requests for donations. And they always have my address, no matter how many times I've moved.

Strange that they keep putting my maiden name on the mail they send me. I have been married for a couple decades and took my husband's name right away.

[lagomorph777]

7. This is why you should never touch Fascistbook. I never will.

[Deuxcents]

8. No FB for me, either

[2naSalit]

14. +1

[question everything]

16. This is a way to contact companies and TV programs

And to read what friends and family post. I don’t post much.

[lagomorph777]

18. As you can see, it doesn't take much posting to accidentally share a lot of personal info...

...with dog knows whom.

[USALiberal]

19. How cute!

[HiramWisdom]

10. I never have my mail forwarded

I just tell people my address who I want to know.

[2naSalit]

15. That's what I do too.

[FreeState]

11. I use to have that issue

Until someone died with my exact same name on 911 (there are only 3 of us in the US with same name). Now I can’t find myself if I wanted to.

[Frustratedlady]

13. I got a similar surprise tonight when I Googled one of our local grocery stores for their ad...

There was a sign-up for registering my email addy to receive the ads each week. Fine.

Then, up popped my name, my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and relatives going back to MY great-great grandparents, etc.

I canceled the request.