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Stalking Your Ex-Lover Made Easy With 123 People

GeekSugar — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:50 -0800

Everyone loves a good incognito stalking site right? When I posted YoName, it got rave reviews, so here's a new one for ya. The new and improved YoName, with pictures and everything, is called 123 People. Aggregating search results from a variety of sources, 123 People is a real-time people search tool that will scan the web for information, videos, images, phone numbers, social networking profiles, and more when you enter a person's name. I took it for a test drive and realized that the names I was entering were far too generic - therefore a ton of results came back - but if you've got some friends or exes with unique names, totally try it!

Tech Dating 101: How Not to Virtually Stalk Him

GeekSugar — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:33:27 -0700

One of my favorite scenes in He's Just Not That Into You is when Gigi and Janine are at a bar, and Gigi tears up a guy's business card for not being clear about if he actually wanted to call her. It's a lightbulb moment, since previously she had been staring at her phone non-stop and checking her voicemail every five minutes. We've probably all been there at some point in our lives, but now it's even easier to find out about people on the Internet. With MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and a number of other social networking sites, you can see where people are, what kind of food they like to eat, and what kind of music they are into with just a few clicks. Now that I say that, it's actually kind of scary, right?

And if you're just starting to date someone, it can be very tempting to Google his name and start checking his Twitter feeds every hour to see what he has been doing. But please, resist the urge my friends. If you already know everything about a person after only a few dates, what kind of revelations and cool facts will you uncover when you're actually in the same room? I've put together a list of things you shouldn't do in the early stages of a dating relationship, so you can make the most of your time together, and generally not come off like a creepy online stalker. Find out what they are when you read more.

Stay far, far away from 123 People.
Don't friend him on Facebook until there's an intro. Like one of you asks, "Hey, so are you on Facebook?"
Definitely don't follow him on Twitter (or secretly follow him on Tweetstalk) unless you've exchanged Twitter names.
Don't assign him a speed dial until the relationship is on solid ground.
Don't call and hang up. You should know this by now.
Don't Google Street View his address and try to guess which apartment is his.
Don't bookmark or loiter around his Flicker photo stream.
Don't friend him on Loopt until you're in an established relationship, or have decided to just be friends. This would be creepy.

The Most Used and Abused Passwords On The Net

GeekSugar — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:00:09 -0700

This list is surprising and shocking at the same time - do people honestly think these passwords are safe to use? They may be easy to remember, but in terms of being secure and difficult to crack- not so much. This list, which appeared in the May 8th edition of PC Magazine shows the 10 most commonly used online passwords, none of which surprised me. Although monkey- Am I too geeky to get this one?

password
123456
qwerty
abc123
letmein
monkey
myspace1
password1
blink182
(your first name)