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How would you feel/react if your home address was announced & published very publicly the same way celebrities experience? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by LemmyKnowsBest to c/asklemmy

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I feel second-hand fear & paranoia on behalf of celebs whose home addresses are public worldwide knowledge.

Anyone can google their address and show up/take pictures/lurk/stalk,

But thankfully most people would never think to do such a thing nor have any inclination to do so,

but the fact that they COULD and sometimes HAVE, is very concerning 😟

I wish sensitive information like that could be kept proprietary and wasn't so easy for anyone in the world to access.

You know as a matter of fact, it's much more difficult to find the address of acquaintances we know in daily life. Which is a good thing.

How terrifying it must b for celebrities, so they have body guards and a security detail and full-fledged security system at their houses 😥 it's exhausting thinking about it.

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[–] Limeey 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Seems like a lot of people are unaware of white pages

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, phone books..

In the olden days it was easier to look anyone up, the phone company would deliver a new phone book to everyone's front door twice a year, how could we not all be at least a little fascinated to explore through all those pages and look up people we know from school etc? 😋

nowadays people have to go out of their way with an intention in their mind to go to a website and look people up on whitepages.com or peoplefinder.com etc and last time I noticed years ago, a fee is required to use those kind of sites.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I remember back in grade school (early 80's) we had lessons about how to use a phone book. Now I'm surprised if I ever see a new one dropped off at the front door.