Is it possible for someone to get your home address from your e-mail address?

[Zero Plasma]

I've heard that this is true and wanted to ask AT's.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

not without a warrant or bad employee

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
not without a warrant or bad employee

or a little digging online depending on your internet presence

if you really want to know, pm me your e-mail addy and i will pm you what i find.

 

[tfinch2]

If you can manage to get their real name, then you can look in a local directory for home address

 

[tweakmm]

Depends on how many places you've given the address out to.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
not without a warrant or bad employee

or a little digging online depending on your internet presence

if you really want to know, pm me your e-mail addy and i will pm you what i find.

true...but if he's asking can someone contact your ISP and get it...then no

they could possible do an IP check, determine the city and state, then look you up in the phone book if they know your name

 

[Zero Plasma]

I'm just a little curious because a kid in my family wanted to make an account at neopets.com once so I entered a fake name and used my e-mail address.

Well a few months later I start getting real junk mail at my house and a year subscription for YM magazine, that I never singned up for or paid for, in the fake name I used.

Now it's about two years later and i'm still getting stuff in that name, mostly from the army, navy, marines, exc.

I think it's funny and tells you that neopets sells your info and the government ends up with it for recruiting purposes, but i'm 99% sure that I didn't give my address to them and the kid didn't either since he didn't know it.

 

[Mday]

it's possible. but not very probable.

your gmail, no. your ISP, yeah.

 

[zanieladie]

Everyone sells mailing lists. I get unsolicited weird stuff in the mail all the time. 🙁

 

[BillGates]

ISPs won't give out user info without a subpoena, unless they're really crooked.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Originally posted by: zanieladie
Everyone sells mailing lists. I get unsolicited weird stuff in the mail all the time. 🙁

I know, but the thing is this was for a made up name that was only used on neopets.com and like I said i'm 99% sure that the only real info given was my e-mail addy.

It's nice to know the government is getting your kids name from an online game and sending out recruiting materials as soon as they turn 18 though. 🙂

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
not without a warrant or the NSA

fixed

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: BillGates
ISPs won't give out user info without a subpoena, unless they're really crooked.

thats not what he asked though.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Zero Plasma

Originally posted by: zanieladie
Everyone sells mailing lists. I get unsolicited weird stuff in the mail all the time. 🙁

I know, but the thing is this was for a made up name that was only used on neopets.com and like I said i'm 99% sure that the only real info given was my e-mail addy.

It's nice to know the government is getting your kids name from an online game and sending out recruiting materials as soon as they turn 18 though. 🙂

There's this little thing called the DMV database and the Selective Service that gives your name to them anyway.

 

[pontifex]

yes you can find people's home addresses by email address. i just tried it on my own email.

it gave me my old address (which is the same location but it changed from RR# to an actuall street address)

 

[Zero Plasma]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Zero Plasma

Originally posted by: zanieladie
Everyone sells mailing lists. I get unsolicited weird stuff in the mail all the time. 🙁

I know, but the thing is this was for a made up name that was only used on neopets.com and like I said i'm 99% sure that the only real info given was my e-mail addy.

It's nice to know the government is getting your kids name from an online game and sending out recruiting materials as soon as they turn 18 though. 🙂

There's this little thing called the DMV database and the Selective Service that gives your name to them anyway.

Ok, but I don't think you guys/gals are getting that a completly made up name was used on neopets.com only and the mail, including recruiting mail is in only that name.

Which says neopets sold the info and somehow my address was found.

Lesson - Don't trust childrens websites. 🙂

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Zero Plasma

Ok, but I don't think you guys/gals are getting that a completly made up name was used on neopets.com only and the mail, including recruiting mail is in only that name.

Which says neopets sold the info and somehow my address was found.

Lesson - Don't trust childrens websites. 🙂

Did you completely make up just a name, or did you make sure to make up a fake address too?

There's a good chance you could've forgotten to fake the address.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Zero Plasma

Ok, but I don't think you guys/gals are getting that a completly made up name was used on neopets.com only and the mail, including recruiting mail is in only that name.

Which says neopets sold the info and somehow my address was found.

Lesson - Don't trust childrens websites. 🙂

Did you completely make up just a name, or did you make sure to make up a fake address too?

There's a good chance you could've forgotten to fake the address.

At the time at least they didn't ask for an postal address, just e-mail and maybe state, city.