Check your "username" on Google.

Question

If you have an unusual username then check it on Google. If you have been on this site for a while, you will be amazed that there can be literally thousands of your entries listed there.

Answer 1

It is called Google Dashboard and I posted this a couiple of days ago. It is worth a read.

Google Dashboard Info

Answer 2

Kind of creepy...and my name is not that unusual.

That's very creepy. - Alicia-53, NOV 8, 2009

18,200 entries in SpanishDict - incredible. - 00515f39, NOV 8, 2009

Answer 3

Lot of great stuff I've written out there on different forums.

19,400 entries on SpanishDict - prolific! - 00515f39, NOV 12, 2009

Answer 4

Off topic but related to this thread and could be very important to some of us.
. It was on TV (US) today that google has a function where you can check all the data Google has accumulated on you and you can remove the nasty items that you (unintentionally) searched for or viewed. I wish I had a pen at my bed, but the time I got up the name slipped my mind. Anyone knows the command to view your data?

You mean that they keep track of all the porn sites that you've visited? I'll have to check that out. I've lost track of a few sites. - 0074b507, NOV 12, 2009

Answer 5

All of which, for privacy's safety, one must be extremely careful when choosing both user names and (especially) passwords.

Care should also be taken with any information provided for a "profile."

Lie, lie, lie. - Zoltán, NOV 8, 2009

That is the exact reason I have not made a profile - it gives away too much info. - 00515f39, NOV 8, 2009

Will you kindly explain the bee in your bonnet, Sr. Zoltán? - 005457e3, NOV 8, 2009

Good point, Carlo. - --Mariana--, NOV 8, 2009