usenet email privacy question

Is there any way that a person could find out your real name from your
email address? I'd rather open a new email box on my ISP account than use
a hotmail type of account for usenet purposes.

noah

noah sark

"Extended Partition" <> wrote in message
news:...
> > Is there any way that a person could find out your real name from your
> > email address? I'd rather open a new email box on my ISP account than
use
> > a hotmail type of account for usenet purposes.
>
> Aside from breaking into your ISP and reviewing billing records no.
>
> Anthony

Well, now that depends. As long as your real name isn't posted anywhere on
the web together with that email address then Extended is correct. BUT - if
somewhere, sometime (even years ago) your real name and current email
address show up on a page, then yes, someone can find out who you are in a
couple of minutes at google. Also note that there are more than one of those
email lookup search engines - you might be in there too.

HINT: the very second that you posted this using your real email and name,
it got archived in Google. So yes, in about 12 hours give or take anyone
can find out who you are Open the new email account and keep this one
just for newsgroups since it is now a goner anyway.

"Extended Partition" <> wrote in
news::

>> Is there any way that a person could find out your real name from
>> your email address? I'd rather open a new email box on my ISP
>> account than use a hotmail type of account for usenet purposes.
>
> Aside from breaking into your ISP and reviewing billing records no.
>
> Anthony
>
>
>

Thanks.

noah

"mto" <> wrote in
news::

>
> "Extended Partition" <> wrote in
> message news:...
>> > Is there any way that a person could find out your real name from
>> > your email address? I'd rather open a new email box on my ISP
>> > account than
> use
>> > a hotmail type of account for usenet purposes.
>>
>> Aside from breaking into your ISP and reviewing billing records no.
>>
>> Anthony
>
> Well, now that depends. As long as your real name isn't posted
> anywhere on the web together with that email address then Extended is
> correct. BUT - if somewhere, sometime (even years ago) your real name
> and current email address show up on a page, then yes, someone can
> find out who you are in a couple of minutes at google. Also note that
> there are more than one of those email lookup search engines - you
> might be in there too.
>
> HINT: the very second that you posted this using your real email and
> name, it got archived in Google. So yes, in about 12 hours give or
> take anyone can find out who you are Open the new email account
> and keep this one just for newsgroups since it is now a goner anyway.
>
>

Neither the email or the name is real. I was going to use the name Noah
Body (from Spider Man) but decided to use Noah Sark instead. Noah Sark =
Noah's ark.

Thanks for the info.

noah

2poor <> wrote in
news:msn%a.9764$:

> "Extended Partition" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>>> Is there any way that a person could find out your real name from
>>> your email address? I'd rather open a new email box on my ISP
>>> account than use a hotmail type of account for usenet purposes.
>>
>> Aside from breaking into your ISP and reviewing billing records no.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
> noah

Oops! Forgot to use the new handle. I'm still trying to settle on a name to
use.

noah

In article <>,
says...

>
> Why not use your real name and just a rubbish email address
> to prevent the spam, You got something to hide?
>
> --
> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>


Why do people assume that someone has something to hide? Of course they
have something to hide... but it's not necessarily because of what you
think. Their personal information. Their name is the first thing
targeted by cyber stalkers.

It's NEVER a good idea for the average user to post their legitimate
name to the Internet. In fact, there's no reason TO post your real name
to the Internet, unless you're looking for recognition. Names are
meaningless in usenet, content is what matters. I don't care if you go
by Waldo the Amazing Clown, if your content makes sense and has
usability, I'll read it.

If a person is serious about protecting their information, they'll
choose to use a service such as www.cotse.net, a full-blown privacy
shield.




--
Colonel Flagg
http://www.internetwarzone.org/

Privacy at a click:
http://www.cotse.net

Q: How many Bill Gates does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, he just defines Darkness? as the new industry standard..."

"...I see stupid people."

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:15:26 -0400, Colonel Flagg
<> wrote:

>In article <>,
> says...
>
>>
>> Why not use your real name and just a rubbish email address
>> to prevent the spam, You got something to hide?
>>
>> --
>> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>>
>
>
>Why do people assume that someone has something to hide? Of course they
>have something to hide... but it's not necessarily because of what you
>think. Their personal information. Their name is the first thing
>targeted by cyber stalkers.
>
>It's NEVER a good idea for the average user to post their legitimate
>name to the Internet. In fact, there's no reason TO post your real name
>to the Internet, unless you're looking for recognition. Names are
>meaningless in usenet, content is what matters. I don't care if you go
>by Waldo the Amazing Clown, if your content makes sense and has
>usability, I'll read it.
>
>If a person is serious about protecting their information, they'll
>choose to use a service such as www.cotse.net, a full-blown privacy
>shield.

Its a matter of opinion and personal taste.

In some newsgroups and circumstances its a good idea to
hide your name, in others its not. As I live in a small place, its
more likely the neigbours who come round to deliver death
threats personally, than a cyberstalker from CA.

2002 passed by without any particular threats, which is a record.

On the whole, some of the names used in this group make
me puke (yours is OK - I recently discovered the origin)

However I do keep my address and telephone numbers
off the net and everywhere else.


--
Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com