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From: sean@dranet.dra.com
Subject: Re: Private Investigator's claims
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Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 23:14:28 GMT

In article <14826@encore.Encore.COM>, eggimann@maxzilla.encore.com (Scott Eggimann) writes:
> And a couple of others that I cannot remember.  I told him that a lot
> of this stuff is personal/confidential information that he cannot
> access.  So you tell me.  Can he access this information?

Yes, he can, and often legally.  Visit you local library and look up books
with titles like "You can find anyone!", "How to find missing persons," or
"How to locate anyone anywhere without leaving your home."  For the other
side "How to disappear completely and never be found."
 
There is very little information actually considered "personal/confidential"
in the sense that it isn't accessible by others.  The same policies that
help the government track down people who don't pay child support, student
loans, etc. are used quite effectively to find out that information for other
purposes.

The "PI" was using Social Engineering long before there were computers.
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO 63132-1806
Domain: sean@dranet.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100