- Mar 24, 2012
- 54
I am currently applying for some new opportunities within my profession. I was Googling myself today, just to see what happens when colleagues or other professionals do it, because I know this is common practice nowadays.
I have had the same email handle since 1998. Stupidly, this is the same handle that I used on Trailvoy as well as some other websites.
I now see that my privacy is compromised by this, and it's easy for people to "check you out." This is one reason that I chose different username when registering for this site.
Here is one of the Google results I got when Googling my email handle.
This is a (somewhat) stealth link to the Google result. Please don't retype my Trailvoy handle here so that it doesn't attach itself somehow to this account in the future.
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I'm guessing that when I signed up for Trailvoy, I agreed that they can do whatever the hell they want with my input.
What is this OMGIL site listing my posts on Trailvoy? Seems fishy. Does GMTNation have external websites doing the same?
I had not been burned by Trailvoy like many of you have been, so I have still been using that site. I think I may be closing it in the near future.
I have had the same email handle since 1998. Stupidly, this is the same handle that I used on Trailvoy as well as some other websites.
I now see that my privacy is compromised by this, and it's easy for people to "check you out." This is one reason that I chose different username when registering for this site.
Here is one of the Google results I got when Googling my email handle.
This is a (somewhat) stealth link to the Google result. Please don't retype my Trailvoy handle here so that it doesn't attach itself somehow to this account in the future.
View attachment 21841
I'm guessing that when I signed up for Trailvoy, I agreed that they can do whatever the hell they want with my input.
What is this OMGIL site listing my posts on Trailvoy? Seems fishy. Does GMTNation have external websites doing the same?
I had not been burned by Trailvoy like many of you have been, so I have still been using that site. I think I may be closing it in the near future.