AWoman_outside_bklyn wrote:
As far as the information they’re gathering on me, they don’t have anything more then I give them. Ditto every other place on the web. Don’t “tell” someone online something you wouldn’t want them to know. Common sense prevails.
You would be surprised how much information it is possible to get on people through the web sites that they visit even if they think they aren’t giving away information. Just as an example: I, as a moderator of this site, know your email address and IP address that you use for Yeshiva World. If you were to use another site that I also happened to moderate, but for the other site you used a different email address, info, etc, I might be able to make the connection even though you gave different info to the different sites because you are using the same computer for both sites and therefore I am seeing the same IP address (of course I would have to be very bored or use sophisticated software to do this but it is possible). What if a family member uses the same computer (therefore same IP) and that family member does give out their personal info. I can go on and on and on…