Its a sad fact that there really isn't any privacy or anonymity on the internet. For example, whenever we use a credit card or personal check we become vulnerable to ID thieves. Yes, I'm familiar with VeriSign and similar protection plans but experts can make short work of most encryption in minutes. For every protection code there are probably 100 de-encrypting schemes and thousands of thieves perfecting them.

I was appalled by the amount of delicate, personal information that Ancestry.com has on me and I've never been a member. Those relatives working on a "Family Tree" provide everything they know about you in researching your "roots" and Ancestry.com simply compiles and accumulates the data. Eventually, they will have documented everyone on the planet with full knowledge and consent of your relatives. To prevent it we'd have to bind, gag, and blindfold every aunt, mother, and grandmother with a computer. It simply ain't happenin'.

Donny

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