is she being paranoid?

amother ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 1:48 pm

my friend rips off the mailing labels from her magazines and then spends hours running them thru a shredder !

she does not want her addy to possibly being blown into someones yard
is she paranoid or just being safe ?

Frumom

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 1:56 pm

I would say paranoid, but then again I guess its better to be safe than sorry.

zkalan ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:01 pm

It's funny but my husband is the same exact way, at first I thought it was ridiculous, but then with the whole identity theft I guess it's a prevention step everyone should take especially living in a big city, you never know who goes through your trash.
So now I think it's relatively normal.

ny21 ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:04 pm

she is paranoid

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happyone

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:14 pm

If you ask me -- she's paranoid!! Identity theft generally won't happen just from an address. If there was a social security number or any other identifying detail, I would hear it. Mailing addresses don't even include phone numbers for the most part.

realeez

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:33 pm

anyone can look up her address and phonenumber in the phonebook or on the 'net.

↑ ny21 ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:34 pm

I agree with happyone !

I think she is being paranoid !

and she is wasting her time by using a shreder .

↑ zkalan ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:36 pm

I disagree. Address is a bid deal, if you run a reverse search on the white pages for the address you get a name and a phone number, and then through certain websites and money you could buy any kind of information on the internet.
It took me too long to type this up, I got distracted and somebody else had already said the same thing.
But I wanted to add that not only phone books you could get a name from an address, but also from a county appraiser's website.

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↑ zkalan ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 2:37 pm

momoftwins wrote:

and she is wasting her time by using a shreder .

She should just have a bon fire, that's what we do.

↑ amother

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 6:01 pm

amother wrote:

first of all it doesn't take "hours" through the shredder.
and she is being absolutely safe. thats for certain. you can do alot with that info. not the least of which you can call that magazine and have them change the address and do other things with your subscription. because your subscription number is on the address label.
shes smart!