Reputation Defender
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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
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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
Chris Buckett wrote:
since when did a service be able to be released in beta?
Thank you, Google, for setting a new standard.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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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?
How to gag your enemies using the DMCA[^]
-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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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?
*cough* bullsh.t *cough*
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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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*)Hmm...that just might work...*off to patent office* "jefftheworld is key" -Fakey McFakestien (a real person)
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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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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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And you would have to provide them to the company in question in order for them to search and clean you up, would you? And then they know who you are, where you are and that you're trying to hide something ;)
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Is your name Bradley Millington and your address: 17438 NE 11th Street , Bellevue, Washington 98008 United States If it is then it wouldn't be hard getting your bank. (All of that info was publicaly available with a Google search and a domain whois.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.