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(Continued from page 4) associate. Of the eight current and past addresses,
Browser recommendations four were correct home or mailing addresses, one
Use the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Panop- was a business site my brother and I co-owned,
ticlick at https:// panopticlick.eff.org. (The writer and three were wrong. Three phone numbers were
tested the site and it recommended installing Pri- correct.).
vacy Badger, which it says blocks tracking ads,
and invisible trackers, unblocks third parties that A member of the audience noted that the ease of
promise to honor do not track and determines if finding former addresses is a good reason not to
the browser protects you from fingerprinting (it lists use them as part of a password. Clicking on an ad-
the information that's shared). dress brings up a picture of the location. “When you
think ‘nobody knows anything about me’ — not
The site has instructions on privacy settings for necessarily true,” Shalkey said. The site has an opt
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Explorer, and others, and -out page.
discusses private browsing techniques within
browsers and with add-ons. Facebook and Twitter Questions and answers Q: Are maiden names on
settings are explained as are location apps in the site? A: Yes.
smart phones. Message apps WhatsApp and Sig- Q: Is there a fee? A: I'm sure there is somewhere,
nal are also discussed. The Advanced Guide dis- but so far what I've shown you is free.
cusses how to identify your security risks and what Q: Is the site tracking you? A: I'm not sure. I could
to do about the ones you find, starting with docu- have used incognito browsing, which is not tracked.
menting any abusers who are bothering you. Sec-
tions include securing mobile phones, laptops,
computers, and apps; browsing the web, social
engineering and phishing, IP addresses and Wi-Fi,
among others. Other topics include anti-virus and
firewall software, encryption and deleting infor-
mation, remembering that deleting computer files
does not remove files. It just changes the file
name, which tells the computer other files can
write over the "deleted" one.

FamilyTreeNow.com - As noted above, this is a
genealogy site, but it could be used by stalkers
and others who want to learn more about an indi-
vidual. "This is a scary, scary thing," Shalkey said.
The opening page asks for the first and last name
of the person you want information about and a
state or all states. Meeting Dates

Shalkey used himself and the result was ultimately
a long list of associated names, possible relatives,  July 15, 2017 Picnic
possible associates, current and past addresses  August 12,2017 TBA
and phone numbers. Most of the entries were valid  December 9, 2017 Holiday Party
and names that he recognized. (The writer visited
the site and the first result was a list of nine people
with the name John Weigle. I selected myself and Note: January and April are not on the
got a much shorter list than the one Shalkey second Saturday.
found. My name and my deceased father's name
were correct. I did not recognize the sole possible

APCUG itself is not a user group; only user
groups themselves are members. APCUG’s
product and service are offered to group
leaders, who can then share them with their
members.

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