How would you feel/react if your home address was announced & published very publicly the same way celebrities experience?

I feel second-hand fear & paranoia on behalf of celebs whose home addresses are public worldwide knowledge.

Anyone can google their address and show up/take pictures/lurk/stalk,

But thankfully most people would never think to do such a thing nor have any inclination to do so,

but the fact that they COULD and sometimes HAVE, is very concerning 😟

I wish sensitive information like that could be kept proprietary and wasn’t so easy for anyone in the world to access.

You know as a matter of fact, it’s much more difficult to find the address of acquaintances we know in daily life. Which is a good thing.

How terrifying it must b for celebrities, so they have body guards and a security detail and full-fledged security system at their houses 😥 it’s exhausting thinking about it.

PsychedSy,

Google has a feature where it’ll tell you if your personal information shows up in their index and you can request they remove it from being served.

I can say that my personal information has shown up a few times.

NoneYa,

it’s much more difficult to find the address of acquaintances we know in daily life

Not entirely.

Ever since I bought my home a few years ago, I have been plagued by phone calls from random numbers of people who know my address, my first and last name, and my phone number, as far as I know in terms of personal information goes. The purchase price of my house is also public information which can be something I may not want everyone knowing as well.

I don’t think this should be legal. I understand somewhat why but it’s still creepy and it’s really obnoxious when the “investors” are offering me half of what I purchased. It’s just spam at this point. And I don’t think people should have this much information about me. People I have never met in my life or chosen to do business with (my mortgage company and insurance provider are entities I have chosen).

LemmyKnowsBest,

I understand somewhat why but it’s still creepy

What ARE the reasons why this is legal?

NoneYa,

To my knowledge, it mostly comes down to transparency. So that you know exactly who owns what in your area. The idea being that the public has a right to know how much of their region actually belongs to the citizens who actually live there.

Sadly it hasn’t done us much good because companies like Blackrock and Vanguard and people like Bill Gates are buying up all the homes and farmland and the public isn’t doing much to show their displeasure with this despite it being public information.

LemmyKnowsBest,

I suppose there’s not much the public can do when the property sales happen in private and the only way anyone knows about it is after it’s already happened.

roofuskit,

You mean, the phone book?

LemmyKnowsBest, (edited )

Yeah popular comment

Jimmyeatsausage,

If you own your home, it’s a matter of public record in most states. Hell, I once used to resolve a disagreement my wife and I were having over our neighbor’s name. Just looked up the property address on your county assessors website… They list the owners, when the property was last sold, the appraised value and taxes, and a bunch of other stuff.

jubilationtcornpone,

Our county even makes marriage licenses searchable online.

Son_of_dad,

Celebrities could retire into obscurity, go away and be forgotten, nobody would bother them. But they want and NEED to be hounded, stalked, chased and be the center of attention.

ani,

The phone book is a thing, you know?

LemmyKnowsBest,

You are the fifth person to make the same comment and we’ve already discussed this.

DrBob, (edited )

And this is the 3rd or 4th dickish comment you’ve made about it.

stoy,

Here in Sweden you can just google a phone number or a name and get the address, a map of the area, an guide to find the right apartment, the persons gender, how many lives in the home, how many vehicles the person owns, the person’s age and birthday, the size of their aprtment, the aproximate value of their home, and more without any cost.

This is normal here, and since everyone is listed we don’t really think about it.

That being said, I would be quite annoyed if the press did an article on me where they published my home address…

Orbituary,
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Well, la-deee-daa! Look at you, with all your safety and security and lack of fear. I bet you even think you’re European or something snooty like that.

(jokes from an envious American)

LemmyKnowsBest,

You fortunate Swedes have really got it goin on

corsicanguppy,

We called it a phone book.

WhyJiffie,

Fortunately that’s optional

calypsopub,

Exactly. As a Boomer who grew up in a small town with telephone “party lines” I just can’t be arsed to care. Come look in my windows if you need a thrill.

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