detective Isaac Hanson, who found Backeberg, said he was able to locate her through her sister’s Ancestry.com account.
“That was pretty key in locating death records, census reports, all kinds of data,” Hanson told the news station, adding: “Ultimately, we came up with an address
I hate that about those genealogy sites: Someone else can give up your privacy for you. I found myself on one with a whole bunch of private info because some relative thought it was cool to put the whole family out there. They included kids, everyone’s birthdays, maiden names, addresses, the whole shebang. All completely public for anyone to search for, without asking anyone if it was okay with them.
Shit like this is why I hate when people take pictures of me with their phones. I go out of my way to protect my privacy and block trackers on my device much as I can.
Meanwhile regular, everyday people are voluntarily uploading my photo to Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, or any other number of random, sketchy websites that I have no control over, as they scan my face to add to their database of where I’ve been and what I’m doing.
I hate that about those genealogy sites: Someone else can give up your privacy for you. I found myself on one with a whole bunch of private info because some relative thought it was cool to put the whole family out there. They included kids, everyone’s birthdays, maiden names, addresses, the whole shebang. All completely public for anyone to search for, without asking anyone if it was okay with them.
Shit like this is why I hate when people take pictures of me with their phones. I go out of my way to protect my privacy and block trackers on my device much as I can.
Meanwhile regular, everyday people are voluntarily uploading my photo to Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, or any other number of random, sketchy websites that I have no control over, as they scan my face to add to their database of where I’ve been and what I’m doing.
I was gonna say something but then I thought about it and realized how fucked up this is. The women just wanted to be left alone.
To be fair, most of the data they are based on are completely public too, like church or government records of births and deaths and similar events.