Reputation Defender
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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?
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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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?
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*) -
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*)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*)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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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?
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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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
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*) -
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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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?
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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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
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
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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?
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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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:
The same way a few minutes talking to your bank will get your personal information.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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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?
Josh Gray wrote:
I wonder how they are able to acheive this?
They can't.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
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.
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
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
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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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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
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
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? ;)
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
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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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?
From their User Agreement:
You authorize us to be your privacy advocates. In this role, we might contact third parties, including creators of unwelcome content, hosts of unwelcome content, and other parties who might have control or authority over such content. You authorize us to take such action on your behalf...
So it seems that they probably put some kind of legal pressure on the content holder to remove the content. Also, their user agreement states "This is a Beta Service" - since when did a service be able to be released in beta? Could a bank launch a bank account in beta? Or a window cleaner launch a beta cleaning service? "Sorry I missed that bit, this is a BETA service, you can't expect me to clean every bit every time!" ChrisB