Creeping has always been a thing since the dawn of social media. Before all the security restriction on Facebook, Myspace, etc, it was very easy to find out information about people if they post it. My partner for this creeping assignment was my buddy Rick. As he is a friend on Facebook, i easily could use that to my advantage when creeping on him. Assuming i wasn't his friend, however, it still was fairly easy to find information on him.
Assuming i knew his name, by searching his name on the internet, i was able to find out a lot of information about him. One of the first links to pop up on Google was his name. I was able to find out the college he goes to. Further searches allowed me to discover the fraternity he is a part of, and listed on that website was his major and hometown. When i discovered his hometown it was easy to find out his address on websites like Spokeo. This also listed his address and parents. At this point i switched to creeping on his parents. I found out where they worked and i was also able to find his family tree going back about two generations as well as the addresses both he and family have lived at which was about 4. From this information i was also able to find out his previous schools and various events involving him at those schools. Finally i found his Linkedin which listed his qualifications in computer science.
I would say that, despite our efforts to achieve privacy, it is still way too easy to find out information about people which is further reflected by the increase of stalking in the world.
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