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Since the statistics on Identify theft are getting pretty scary (10%!!), control of your personal information is no longer simple paranoia.

Personally, I've been limiting distribution of my first name for quite awhile now. I've found that it is a piece of information taht is able to be an easy & simple mechanism for doing a little bit of "white list" filtering.

In other words, if I get a piece of wierd email that uses my first name, its worth a second look before the trash bin, because its more likely from someone real who somehow knows me, instead of YA random spammer.


-hh

You do have a point, Hugh. 😛
 
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