by BigBallinStalin on Tue May 18, 2010 12:09 am
I'm not too concerned.
That semenshot is worrisome though... *shudders
EDIT: forgot to mention this, but be careful about links you click on (anywhere on teh interwebs), when you get there, there's usually a link for something you want to be going to so you click it and it sends in your IP, so if you don't have that taken care of (via proxy), then the person knows where you live.
A similar method is also done when you respond to an email.
As far as anonymity is concerned, pretty much any regular poster here has given most away. What you regurarly type is a give-away to your personality (unless you're a good actor), how you react to certain messages--what your limits are, how easily one loses his cool and loses it to what topic exactly. What's commonly found on here other than how your more or less normal behavior, is also your job (or job description), city/town of residence, habits (legal and illegal), age, educational background, general interests, hobbies, topics for chit-chat, relationship history (with parents, past girlfriends/boyfriends), you name it, it's most likely already on here.
All that you give away can be taken in and then turned into a better picture of you. To distinguish you from the other possible choices would be unique stories you've written. "Ah, you know this guy, me too, bullshit bullshit bullshit."
Of course that takes time and lots of motivation, which deters many people from doing this. All I'm saying is that it can be done by a crazy enough individual with a little bit of brainstorming and some imaginative thinking.
If anybody wants more details, I'll give you my email address (LOL, HAHA, just kidding). Just be safe out there, my fellow ConquerClubbers, and always be aware of your surroundings. To me, all of you are good people, even if I do disagree with your views and will occasionally annoy you, I'd be very upset if anything bad were to happen to any of you, which is why I write this post--to wake some of you up a bit.