Is Big Brother Watching Or What?

[BandCollector]

Before I go on too much of a rant, I will check my profile and ensure the very basic info is there;)

Yikes guys! This is all that is being asked for.

Fuzzy license plates? Criminals lying to judges? Fictitious Hollywood movies? Job hunters? Serving Warrants?

I don't think any of these things are required to be a member of Smoking Meat Forums. . . . . Just saying.

John

 

[Bearcarver]

Yikes guys! This is all that is being asked for.

Fuzzy license plates? Criminals lying to judges? Fictitious Hollywood movies? Job hunters?

I don't think any of these things are required to be a member of Smoking Meat Forums. . . . . Just saying.

John

Exactly---All we really would like to know on the profile is Where people are from (Maybe within 100 miles).
Age would be nice too---And Gender.
I don't think any of these things will put anyone's life or Family's lives in jeopardy.

You don't have to show Pictures of your house, like I did.

Bear

 

[BandCollector]

Thanks Bear,

This is not Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, You Tube, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Reddit, etc.

Just a group of gracious, helpful, knowledgeable, and wonderful people who in my estimation are "the salt of the earth". . . . . . . . . .Meat Smokers!

John

 

[ghostguy6]

Yikes guys! This is all that is being asked for.

Fuzzy license plates? Criminals lying to judges? Fictitious Hollywood movies? Job hunters? Serving Warrants?

I don't think any of these things are required to be a member of Smoking Meat Forums. . . . . Just saying.

John

None of that is required to be a member of any site. The point I was trying to make is, if someone wants to find you they can because of sites like this. Is it likely, no but possible if that person has reason enough to do so. Everything I did had lawful purpose. The next guy looking might not be ethical.

 

[Bearcarver]

Thanks Bear,

This is not Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, You Tube, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Reddit, etc.

Just a group of gracious, helpful, knowledgeable, and wonderful people who in my estimation are "the salt of the earth". . . . . . . . . .Meat Smokers!

John

Exactly!!

Bear

 

[BandCollector]

None of that is required to be a member of any site. The point I was trying to make is, if someone wants to find you they can because of sites like this. Is it likely, no but possible if that person has reason enough to do so. Everything I did had lawful purpose. The next guy looking might not be ethical.

I for one appreciated your profession and the lawful purpose in which you went about finding whomever you were looking for, and please believe me, no disrespect was intended.

The point I and others were trying to make is that the internet has opened up a whole new avenue for scammers, creeps, thieves, and undesirables, we understand that, and you are correct, if these recalcitrants wish to find us they already can! So putting a minute amount of information on our profile page is not going to make a bit of difference.

However, that little bit of information can be useful to another member if you are requesting help with smoking a brisket!


If I offended you, I apologize.

John

 

[johnmeyer]

Everyone is correct that if you are just minding your own business, both the good guys and bad guys will leave you alone.

But, if you ever do anything to call attention to yourself, everything you posted -- even the most innocuous things -- may come back to haunt you. I know because four days ago I had reason to find out everything about someone who drove dead drunk through our neighborhood, crashed into a tree in front of my house; continued across the street up a steep embankment, taking out a "no parking" sign where he briefly ended up on a neighbor's driveway where he lost his front license plate; went back down the driveway back onto the main road, taking out the cable TV pedestal; picked up speed again and careened to the other side of the road, then back again where he plowed into six sturdy mailboxes which he scattered like kindling wood; and then finally got hung up on some rocks next to a mailbox further down the road.

Needless to say, everyone wanted to know about this person. Without revealing sources and techniques, I not only know who the person is (the cops did get him, but his name was not released to the public), but I also know a LOT about him. In addition to criminal charges, there will be lawsuits. His public posts will certainly be part of the investigation, and also may help determine if getting blotto drunk was habitual.

GhotstGuy6 said exactly these same things, but from the perspective of someone who has done it far more often than I have. My only point in posting again is that while most of us are never going to be the subject of any sort of investigation or stalking, you will find that innocuous (great word for this) behavior in Internet "public" places can have very unforeseen consequences.

Of course if I were really worried, I wouldn't be posting anywhere, including this site, so I generally agree with what I think is the collective sentiment in this thread, namely (to paraphrase), "quit whining, grow a pair, and stop making a mountain out of a molehill."

But like the Miranda warning: "anything you say can, and will, be used against you."

 

[BandCollector]

Everyone is correct that if you are just minding your own business, both the good guys and bad guys will leave you alone.

But like the Miranda warning: "anything you say can, and will, be used against you."

I'll take my chances!

Thanks,

John

 

[ghostguy6]

I for one appreciated your profession and the lawful purpose in which you went about finding whomever you were looking for, and please believe me, no disrespect was intended.

The point I and others were trying to make is that the internet has opened up a whole new avenue for scammers, creeps, thieves, and undesirables, we understand that, and you are correct, if these recalcitrants wish to find us they already can! So putting a minute amount of information on our profile page is not going to make a bit of difference.

However, that little bit of information can be useful to another member if you are requesting help with smoking a brisket!


If I offended you, I apologize.

John

No offense taken at all. We're all friends here

 

[BandCollector]

Apparently Big Brother Was watching!

The thread was taken off temporarily for a review to make sure we were behaving ourselves and the Moderators decided after their review that we could continue.

Thanks Moderators,

John

 

[SonnyE]

Apparently Big Brother Was watching!

The thread was taken off temporarily for a review to make sure we were behaving ourselves and the Moderators decided after their review that we could continue.

Thanks Moderators,

John

I've never been afraid of anybody finding me. My whole life has been very view-able by anyone of authority.
Shucks, I even forewarn them that I'm a Life Member in the NRA and CRPA.
Ready, polished, never unleashed. Yet.

 

[BandCollector]

As I said earlier if anyone wishes to find you in this day and age with as long as the internet has been in existence, they will.

But posting information on your Profile Page here on our sight for all intense and purposes probably won't find any of us on the FBI's most wanted list.

It will just get us to know you a little better. You know, Neighborly Stuff!

John

 

[bdskelly]

Okay okay okay.... more details about me. I’m a republican and have an addiction to purchasing outdoor cooking equipment. There! Satisfied now? B :)

 

[BandCollector]

Okay okay okay.... more details about me. I’m a republican and have an addiction to purchasing outdoor cooking equipment. There! Satisfied now? B :)

LOL! How are you my friend!

John

 

[bdskelly]

LOL! How are you my friend!

John

Doing awesome John. Thanks for asking. I read your thread and just couldn’t help myself. Hope all is well on your end.
Got some baby backs on and watching the masters. I hope your winter will eventually end. Y’all have had it tough up there. B

 

[bluewhisper]

My name is unusual and as far as I know I am the only person in the USA and/or world with this first and last name. Looking me up is easier than trying to pick out the right John Smith.

If you can spell my name you can find posts I sent out 20+ years ago, just with a simple search. I don't regret any of it being out there. (Well, except for that stuff about me and the mini mare dressed in a French maid costume, and the skydiving class, and the cooking oil spray. What's done is done and I can't take that back.)

If you pay to get public records you can find some dirt on me but none of it is fresh. As others have said here, live a boring life and it isn't likely that it will be worth anyone's time to investigate you.

 

[BandCollector]

Blue,

Now you have sparked my interest! What is that unusual name?

And I promise I will not look into the mini mare, skydiving class, or the cooking spray.

John

 

[BandCollector]

Doing awesome John. Thanks for asking. I read your thread and just couldn’t help myself. Hope all is well on your end.
Got some baby backs on and watching the masters. I hope your winter will eventually end. Y’all have had it tough up there. B

Yep Brian,

I have had just about enough of this lousy winter. It has gotten to a point with all the rain we have had coupled with our snow melt that Pittsburgh is starting to look like what those poor folks have to deal with each year in California. Multiple land and mud slides which are HIGHLY unusual for the Pittsburgh area.

Well anyway, we will dry out eventually. Happy to see that your home boy hung in there and won the Masters. . . I was rooting for him!

Take care my friend,

John