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  • L Lost User

    There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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    Chris Maunder
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    They can't.

    cheers, Chris Maunder

    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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      There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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      Christian Graus
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      The big question is, if the way to defend my reputation is to hide things that I said ( assuming they could ), is 'defender' the right word ? There's no substitute for remembering the consequences of your actions.

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        The big question is, if the way to defend my reputation is to hide things that I said ( assuming they could ), is 'defender' the right word ? There's no substitute for remembering the consequences of your actions.

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        Monty2
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        Christian Graus wrote:

        is 'defender' the right word ?

        Concealer might be the right word :)


        I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

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        • L Lost User

          There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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          Nish Nishant
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          Josh Gray wrote:

          I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

          One way would be to dilute and corrupt the online information by posting contradictory information on various websites. Thus in 3-4 months, there'd be so much incorrect data about a person (or organization) that it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

          Regards, Nish


          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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            Josh Gray wrote:

            I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

            One way would be to dilute and corrupt the online information by posting contradictory information on various websites. Thus in 3-4 months, there'd be so much incorrect data about a person (or organization) that it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

            Regards, Nish


            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
            Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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            Lost User
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            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

            One way would be to dilute and corrupt the online information by posting contradictory information on various websites. Thus in 3-4 months, there'd be so much incorrect data about a person (or organization) that it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

            Yeah thats true, the impression I got from reading the article and the site was that they claim to be able to make it 'disapear' unless its a legal document or a news paper using their propriatry technology. Sounds very fishy to me

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              Josh Gray wrote:

              I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

              One way would be to dilute and corrupt the online information by posting contradictory information on various websites. Thus in 3-4 months, there'd be so much incorrect data about a person (or organization) that it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

              Regards, Nish


              Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
              Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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              David Cunningham
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              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

              it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

              You never really told me what you're doing in Atlanta Nish. Are you working for the Pentagon? ;)

              David

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              • L Lost User

                There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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                Tarakeshwar Reddy
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                Hmm.. Looks like some hackers joined together and floated a company.

                Josh Gray wrote:

                claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet

                Unless they break into the websites, they will not be able to achieve this.


                Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW

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                • D David Cunningham

                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

                  You never really told me what you're doing in Atlanta Nish. Are you working for the Pentagon? ;)

                  David

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  David Cunningham wrote:

                  You never really told me what you're doing in Atlanta Nish. Are you working for the Pentagon?

                  :-D

                  Regards, Nish


                  Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                  Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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                  • T Tarakeshwar Reddy

                    Hmm.. Looks like some hackers joined together and floated a company.

                    Josh Gray wrote:

                    claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet

                    Unless they break into the websites, they will not be able to achieve this.


                    Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW

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                    Lost User
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                    Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote:

                    hackers

                    So thats what "reputation advocates" means :)

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                    • L Lost User

                      There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      They probably just handle all the spade work for you; all the requests to legit sites to please remove your postings etc.

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                      • D David Cunningham

                        Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                        it'd be hard to figure out what's fact and what's fiction.

                        You never really told me what you're doing in Atlanta Nish. Are you working for the Pentagon? ;)

                        David

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                        jhaga
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                        David Cunningham wrote:

                        what you're doing in Atlanta Nish

                        The word is out that Nish is porting an old application to C++/CLI. jhaga

                        It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          They can't.

                          cheers, Chris Maunder

                          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                          Sceptic Mole
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                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                          They can't.

                          True. Therefore it's advisable to not use your real name on the internet unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise you can be profiled and your identity can be stolen. Some internet sites even publish your date of birth ... :wtf::~ :suss:

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                            There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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                            GaryWoodfine
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                            if you believe this , you would probably believe that the $50 get rich quick I have for you will work too.


                            "a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt "Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill


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                              There was an article in the news paper today about an organisation that claim to be able to remove information about you from the internet. Reputation Defender site[^] From the site... Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. This is an arduous and labor-intensive task, but we take the job seriously so you can sleep better at night. We will always and only be in YOUR corner. Article[^] I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

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                              Paul Watson
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                              Josh Gray wrote:

                              I wonder how they are able to acheive this?

                              They can't.

                              regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                              Shog9 wrote:

                              eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                Chris Maunder wrote:

                                They can't.

                                True. Therefore it's advisable to not use your real name on the internet unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise you can be profiled and your identity can be stolen. Some internet sites even publish your date of birth ... :wtf::~ :suss:

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                                Paul Watson
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                                The same way a few minutes talking to your bank will get your personal information.

                                regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                Shog9 wrote:

                                eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                  They probably just handle all the spade work for you; all the requests to legit sites to please remove your postings etc.

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                                  Paul Watson
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                                  I remember trying to get Yahoo! to believe that I was PaulMWatson. I had signed up with that name but forgotten the password and all the other details. After a few days of emailing, trying to verify some kind of id I phoned them in the States and tried to convince them that way. No dice, they wouldn't do it. So I said "Fine, just wipe that account and all its data so I can sign up with it again" but that didn't work either. I offered my passport, my bank details, my South African identity document, my driving license and every other identity I had. They wouldn't do it. In the end I had to sign up with a different username and PaulMWatson with all its data still exists on Yahoo!

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                  Shog9 wrote:

                                  eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                    The same way a few minutes talking to your bank will get your personal information.

                                    regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                    Shog9 wrote:

                                    eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                    Sceptic Mole
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                                    Paul Watson wrote:

                                    The same way a few minutes talking to your bank will get your personal information.

                                    Can you name my bank? ;)

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                                      I remember trying to get Yahoo! to believe that I was PaulMWatson. I had signed up with that name but forgotten the password and all the other details. After a few days of emailing, trying to verify some kind of id I phoned them in the States and tried to convince them that way. No dice, they wouldn't do it. So I said "Fine, just wipe that account and all its data so I can sign up with it again" but that didn't work either. I offered my passport, my bank details, my South African identity document, my driving license and every other identity I had. They wouldn't do it. In the end I had to sign up with a different username and PaulMWatson with all its data still exists on Yahoo!

                                      regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                      Shog9 wrote:

                                      eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                      Tarakeshwar Reddy
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                                      The same thing happened to me some 5-6 years back(not sure if it was my hotmail or yahoo account), someone had changed my password and with about 10-15 mail correspondance got my password reset. I was just lucky then. The customer service guy actually had access to all my personal information :sigh: to verify all the data. Probably policies have changed and they dont have access to personal information (hope so).


                                      Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW

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                                      • T Tarakeshwar Reddy

                                        The same thing happened to me some 5-6 years back(not sure if it was my hotmail or yahoo account), someone had changed my password and with about 10-15 mail correspondance got my password reset. I was just lucky then. The customer service guy actually had access to all my personal information :sigh: to verify all the data. Probably policies have changed and they dont have access to personal information (hope so).


                                        Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW

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                                        Paul Watson
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                                        Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote:

                                        Probably policies have changed and they dont have access to personal information (hope so).

                                        Uh no, they still have access. Otherwise how would they be able to support you? Same as banks, when you phone them up and have to verify personal info.

                                        regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                        Shog9 wrote:

                                        eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                          Paul Watson wrote:

                                          The same way a few minutes talking to your bank will get your personal information.

                                          Can you name my bank? ;)

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                                          Paul Watson
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                                          No but I can get a credit report on you and find out that way, plus a lot more.

                                          regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                          Shog9 wrote:

                                          eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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