All these different personal information posts freak me out

[Bok_Tukalo]

"Mother's maiden name"

"City and state were you born"

"Birthday"

I'm waiting for the social security number inquiry.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. As they should

People need to realize there is only a small amount of info needed to determine their identity on the internet

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. There's Several Posters Who Post Their Real Names...

Gotta tip your hat to them...

[asthmaticeog]

4. Once, a DUer I know outside DU

addressed me by my real name here in the forums. I had a mini-Chernobyl of the brain and frantically PMed him, pleading with him to edit my name out of the post.

I probably overreacted - there are other forums I use where I use my real name - but DU being DU, it felt really 5-alarm at the time.

[Quakerfriend]

3. Oooo. That's weird. I felt the exact same way when I saw those.

It could get a whole lot creepier.

We must not be afraid.