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    What personal details are you comfortable with giving away over the internet? Do you sometimes make some of these details up to make yourself look better? What is your opinion on teenagers who give away everything about themselves?
     
    i'm pretty much comfortable with giving anything about myself, except for my ssn. i'm trying to close myself off to people online in particular, though. there are people who live hundreds of miles away and know my exact location. almost everyone i'm fairly close to online has my phone number. pretty much everyone can access my birthday. thinking about it that's pretty scary but at the same time how is that different than anyone at a college having that information about me?
     
    Some people are dumb and will even give out their addresses, and i dont fell bad when they end up missing. I dont feel worried when i give out personal info because i dont give out anything anyone can find me with unless ive skyped them a few times and know who they are and have their info first.
     
    O'aka XXIII said:
    Some people are dumb and will even give out their addresses, and i dont fell bad when they end up missing. I dont feel worried when i give out personal info because i dont give out anything anyone can find me with unless ive skyped them a few times and know who they are and have their info first.
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    A bit too extreme, don't you think.
    People give their address all the time, especially on the sites like Ebay.

    I do however get very ticked off when random kids put their phone numbers on youtube, constantly, like why ffs.
     
    I was referring more to kids and teens with that because if they're not smart enough to know about stranger danger and realize you shouldnt just give out your address to random people without having some kind of discression then it's the parents fault that their kid might now be dead. I am a little extreme I suppose.
     
    I think that whatever happens to you, you bring upon yourself. It's a little harsh but if you post your address on a dating website and wonder why you get all sorts of people knocking on your door, you may be a little looney.

    I generally am pretty smart about what information about myself I post online. For my location, it's my province and no closer, unless I find someone else who lives in the same province. x3
    I never post any phone numbers or addresses. The only time I've posted my address was to receive a prize from a giveaway or to buy online stuff.

    Things like pictures of me (dressed, obviously), my height, weight, age and first name I'm fine with posting.
     
    If I feel the person is trustworthy, I will give it out. I actually text a few people from the internet, and I haven't been kidnapped yet. XD I do limit on what I give out as far information though. My parents taught me not to be open about stuff unless I really and truly can trust the person. So far, it hasn't been a problem for me.
     
    When it comes to strangers, I don't have anything against giving out information that doesn't directly tell who I am or where I am. So stuff like my first name, age, gender and other general information is nothing I wouldn't be comfortable with giving out. Usually I wouldn't have a problem with mentioning my city of residence either, but since I live in a really small town, I honestly don't think that would be the best idea. With friends, I wouldn't mind giving out my phone number either, but that's only provided iMessage is a possibility, since nooot many people I meet online live in the same country as me haha. There are a few people whom I've given my full name to online, but that's only with friends I really trust (fun fact, that happened in an irc channel and ended up being displayed in the random quotes in the stats. watch me scramble to update it before anyone saw). I wouldn't be opposed to giving out my address to said people either, but there's just never really been a reason to though :p

    As for teenagers giving out all their information on themselves, I honestly think that could be applied to all ages. You should always be careful with who you disclose what information to, whether you're a 16 year old girl desperate for an online relationship, or someone well into their adult years who's just way too trusting of people. I don't mind people giving out personal information online, as long as it's someone they know they can trust. That doesn't mean this one guy your friend knows, or someone you've been talking to for like a week. But as several cases have proven, people might not always be who they appear to be online, so it's not even certain you can even trust the person you've been friends with for several years D:
     
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    I used to lie about my name and age on the internet. When I joined Serebii back in 2006, where I would be 14 years old, a user had messaged me an explicit picture. That pretty much affected my behavior and caused me to develop trust issues on the internet for several years. Mom is always right. Yall are predators.

    I don't trust giving strangers my real first name. I'm sure it's possible to find buried in a post here and there. However, if called by name by a stranger, I feel as if the computer is talking to me initially when I do not know the other /person/ behind the screen.

    When I feel as if I can trust and do know the person, I have shared name, city, phone number, picture, voice, Facebook when I used it years ago, very rarely address or neighborhood. Trade staff know my last name because we are siblings for life.

    Be careful, but do develop irreplaceable relationships.
     
    I used to lie about my name, age, and gender too :( Especially when I was under 13 and I technically wasn't supposed to be joining sites by myself. I was just really paranoid because my mom used to (she still sometimes does, lol) rant on about how everyone was a predator out there.

    I honestly don't know why I gave out my first name here, since I did at the last site I went on and it put me in a couple of uncomfortable situations where someone kept asking me for more personal info than I wanted to give out based off of the fact they knew I was a girl from my name. But anyway it's too late lol. Most people call me Lapras (my first username here) or Winry (my username on battle server) and only a few call me by my real name.

    At this point in time, I really only give out my gender, age, name, and state. Only 2 people who I've been friends with online have seen my face, and those 2 people also have my phone number. :3
     
    I've given my address to a few random people on the internet but other than that I don't give out personal information.
     
    I am very reckless and a little bit reasonable now and again.

    Haven't been murdered over the internet yet. What's the point in hiding yourself from people if you want to interact with them properly? If you don't; fair enough. 8D
     
    I have only ever given my address to an few sites that I trust like Amazon and Swagbucks.
    if another site asks for my address I will not sign up to it.
    I don't think you really should give out your address online if as you do not know who is on the reviving end of the internet.
     
    I'm a bit more paranoid about giving out personal details now than I was when I was younger. Weird, huh? But I'm mostly worried my job might find stuff and then be like "haha you're fired ^__^". I've also heard enough horror stories about people getting doxxed over stupid ♥♥♥♥ over tumblr. So I keep to myself.

    Y'all know my first name (it's Samantha, what a surprise), but my last name is on lockdown. I've never lied about my age and gender. Everything else, you gotta get close to me to give it out to you. That's only a handful of people now.

    Everyone should be careful about what they say on the Internet. Doesn't matter if you're a teen or an adult. Don't post your personal info where people can see it.
     
    I'm more lax that I probably should be. On places other than PC I've met multiple people from the internet that know my address. I talked a lot about going to Notre Dame, so people can narrow down from that a lot of information about me. I have a lot of online friends on Facebook, and some know my phone number. If someone was dedicated I'm certain they could put together a picture of who I am with enough time on PC and stalk me.

    That being said, I've only run into trouble once as far as information and that was an unavoidable problem. I regularly google my name, address, and phone number to make sure they're not tied to me.
     
    I'm not paranoid so much as I am just so socially reclusive that I don't want Internet people to come find me or get in touch with me. You can pretty much consider yourself lucky if I friend you on Facebook. XD

    That said, I'm totally open about my full name, age, gender, and location but I don't give out personal information like my address, phone#, where I work or go to school, or even who I bank with. XD
     
    If anything, I would never give my address to anybody. Otherwise, the kinds of personal information I would be comfortable giving people would depend on how much I trust them and/or how long I've known them. My paranoia comes from the fact that my sister constantly hounds me about the security of personal information online, not necessarily because I'm opposed to releasing it. She's just awfully careful, and anal about those details, which is perfectly understandable.
     
    I usually don't give out my address or much personal information (except for my birthday, name, and normal contact info) but other than that you probably won't get anything from me (directly, maybe a few things would slip eventually through chatting).
     
    I'm not comfortable posting pictures of myself.

    As for age and sex, I'm pretty comfortable in posting it.

    Location... I mention my country of residence and no further, unless we happen to live at the same country, then I'll tell the province.

    As for name... since it's a name not commonly heard by anybody (unless you have studied Physics at some point of your life), I don't normally mention it to anybody. Plus, anybody who knew of my real name would just call me "Candy" anyway, even irl, since it's much easier to pronounce. P:

    Anything like phone numbers and addresses are forbidden.
     
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