RE: [PLUG] OT, but applicable -> Photo Family Tree

["George Gallen" <ggallen@slackinc.com>]

I agree with this, also, if there is a recent death date, with all
that information, someone could also try to claim a fraudluent debt
against someones estate.

George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of William H.
> Magill
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:16 PM
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT, but applicable -> Photo Family Tree
> 
> 
> One caveat:
> 
> > On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:13, Randy Schmidt wrote:
> >>  I also want it web-based because I am a data accessibility
> >> snob. If I did make it public as a hosted app, I would make it so  
> >> that
> >> people can export the photos and metadata in a form that is easy to
> >> manipulate.
> 
> On its face, this is a very laudable idea. However, folks who are in  
> the Identity Theft business LOVE public family trees! They can pick  
> up your date of birth and your mother's maiden name with 
> ease!  So if  
> you post on the Internet, make certain that you do so with a secure  
> facility that won't get indexed by some search engine and that the  
> pages are password protected.
> 
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