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Got tracked down for my school reunion (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 7 months ago by minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile.

This is just a small anecdote about privacy practices and their real life impact (and how your employer can undo all of it, I guess)

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[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 54 points 7 months ago (3 children)

In terms of online presence I think one has to be careful about becoming too private - at what point do you become so untrackable that even people you would like to find you (I.e. old friends) can't anymore.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 88 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i really don't want old friends or distant family finding me though

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 51 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. If I am not in contact with you there is a reason.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Or more than one reason.

[–] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

"And what about very old friends?"

[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 43 points 7 months ago

I would fully like to erase my online presence. I dont want people seeking me out.

[–] starman@programming.dev 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have a website that shows up when someone searches my name on the internet and an email there. This way people are able to contact me and I don't have to use any spyware like Facebook.

But whether that works for you depends on your threat model, I guess.

[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is it just a bare bones websites that has only your email? Do you host it?

[–] starman@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago

Is it just a bare bones website

No, it's more work-oriented/portfolio type of site and it's hosted on Cloudflare Pages under my domain.

But in this case, bare bones website would be sufficient