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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3848976" data-attributes="member: 35603"><p>Heck, when I was pursuing my employment law degree in the early 2000s (FB still required a university email address to register when I signed up), we had lectures on using people's online presence as a supplement to the traditional background and credit checks for employment eligibility.</p><p></p><p>I have also sat through several skip tracing classes back when I was in the repossession industry. A potential employer looking at my online presence would be the least of my concerns. Knowing people out there find ways to track the folks not wanting to be tracked as a profession is eerie. We covered how to track down if they have kids and what age their kids are. Same for parents/grandparents, since kids and older folks are more likely to share vacation updates, leave geotagging turned on in their photos taken on smartphones, etc. That data would be gathered with time stamps to locate where the target vehicle was most likely parked at what time of day to try and get it picked up.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to turn all geotagging off on your phone. I heavily restrict location services as well. If you enjoy sharing vacation photos on your social media, wait until you get back from vacation to make any posts about it. Keep a close eye on your kids and what they are posting. Same for the parents or grandparents if they tag along on the trip as well. Effective skip tracers make really good money using these skills for legitimate reasons, I would assume there are even more less legitimate uses happening every day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3848976, member: 35603"] Heck, when I was pursuing my employment law degree in the early 2000s (FB still required a university email address to register when I signed up), we had lectures on using people's online presence as a supplement to the traditional background and credit checks for employment eligibility. I have also sat through several skip tracing classes back when I was in the repossession industry. A potential employer looking at my online presence would be the least of my concerns. Knowing people out there find ways to track the folks not wanting to be tracked as a profession is eerie. We covered how to track down if they have kids and what age their kids are. Same for parents/grandparents, since kids and older folks are more likely to share vacation updates, leave geotagging turned on in their photos taken on smartphones, etc. That data would be gathered with time stamps to locate where the target vehicle was most likely parked at what time of day to try and get it picked up. My advice is to turn all geotagging off on your phone. I heavily restrict location services as well. If you enjoy sharing vacation photos on your social media, wait until you get back from vacation to make any posts about it. Keep a close eye on your kids and what they are posting. Same for the parents or grandparents if they tag along on the trip as well. Effective skip tracers make really good money using these skills for legitimate reasons, I would assume there are even more less legitimate uses happening every day. [/QUOTE]
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