Since it is the Christmas season, Santa Claus will be coming to each one of our houses on Christmas Eve to deliver presents. However, for those who have been bad, they will be getting a lump of coal this year. How will Santa Claus determine this? It’s simple. He makes his list and checks it twice. In the past, he would have had to go to extreme lengths to look up information on people to see if they have been good or bad.
This is not the case anymore. Technology has made it possible to find information on virtually anyone on the internet. If you simply type in your name into Google, it will search through many different websites and potentially come back with information that pertains to you. I was with a friend the other day, and it was surprising at how much information we found about her; old profiles, myspace and twitter accounts, as well as her facebook page.
Date Check, an iphone application, can allow people to find information about where they live and how much money they make. This application is powered by Intelius, a company that is ‘helping’ businesses and consumers find information about people. The information can be anything from a criminal record check to a credit report. Furthermore, on the iphone application if you input a home phone number it will come back with the person’s address and residing location. If this isn’t a breach of privacy I don’t know what is.
I guess these applications help Santa Claus determine just who has been good and who has been bad. I know that I have been good this year, but for others, they will have to hope that Santa Claus doesn’t dig too deep to get personal information on them. Also, consumers should try and Google themselves sometime and see what type of information comes up about. You’d be surprised at what you would find. Trust me!
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