Originally Posted by catrancher
The best way to avoid this sort of thing is to avoid posting personal info on the web, including your real name. That's why you won't find me on Facebook.
or i...and it used to be safe to do as you say....but now i am coming across blogs and other sites [i love reading quilting blogs] that have a thing at the bottom that says something to the effect that they know where you are and post your isp #. and some only do it if you wish to post on the site. still very invasive...so they don't need to know our name anymore.