Privacy Warning about Google

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit Map you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book.

If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming!!!

Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to our house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage all of you to do the same. Quite scary!

Please look up your own number!!!!!!!

In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ) Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours.

Check your own number and (although this may not apply to you if you have an unlisted number or cell phone as primary contact).

You may know someone who needs to know this -that would have little kids.

It takes Sex Offenders right to your front door!!

Please share this information with friends and family.

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Tags:

• google
• nationwide
• reverse
• telephone
• book
• sex
• offender
• privacy
• map
• home
• location
• xtian

[SaDinski5]

so dont give your number out, noob

[hetgow]

LOL dude ur sooo funny.

That # 555-555-1212 is NOT my #.

If u checked U.S. area codes you'd have found that 555 is not a valid area code & tel # 555-1212 is one of the standard #s for directory assistance thru out U.S. & Canada.

So who is the noob now?

Looking forward to your apology

;)

[SaDinski5]

i was not reffering to you, i actually enjoyed this video very much because im a tad noid myself.

i was speaking generally in refernce to everyone, "dont give your number out, noob(s)"

you really thought i thought that 555 was your number?

by the way i didnt come up on the search for myself, thought id let ya know

[hetgow]

well if your were not referring to me specifically, then you should have said, so as not to be misunderstood.

;)

Ummm... even if that was the case, the fact is no body gave up their numbers, they were collected by google w/out consent to be used in this manner.

Thanks for watching & dont forget to rate the vid.

[FallenSaintsINC]

I've made my phone number private and removed it from the list. Also this doesn't seem to work any more. My friend typed in his own number so he could remove himself from the list and didn't get anything like what I had a long time ago. I remember it had Google map links. Now it's doesn't.

[Roxs90]

GOOD VIDOE!

[CrewRite]

Just found out, many other sites are doing reverse phone number lookup.

Sorry to say this, but, don't freely give out your phone number.

[CrewRite]

Google is getting sick.  Hope it hasn't affected Canada yet.

[desertedeagle]

it worked on me.

[kennlegirl]

i tryed it and the only thing that shows up is that we are selling our trailer so yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i tryed my friends to and it still dont work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[cyprussunizhot]

i need help. i deleted my ask tool bar coz i needed more space on my pc and it said i never use it. now when i go on google it says on every site that it might halp my pc plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me

[hammyboobs]

I TRIED I T DIDNT WORK

[bobdoenz]

Fight fire with fire. Get hold of the home numbers of the Google big wigs and publicly post them.