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Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Winston Smith on July 19, 2005, 03:54:40 PM: I'm at "Haschenfeffer" on AIM, the only one I choose to use.

What about you guys?
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Guest on July 19, 2005, 04:15:18 PM: I go by the highly creative bstockford01 on yahoo messenger, although I have only used it about 3 times.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Sindawe on July 19, 2005, 04:53:13 PM: Same as I use here, on THR, TFL, FGMCC and elsewhere I want to be "public" on the net. Sindawe.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: grampster on July 19, 2005, 05:04:00 PM: aaaguy1969---haven't even looked on Yahoo in 4 years.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: RevDisk on July 19, 2005, 11:04:27 PM: "CSC" on AIM.

"rev_disk" on Yahoo.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Stetson on July 20, 2005, 06:02:34 AM: Stetson_US on yahoo

I may have an AIM one but I wouldnt know what it is. I avoid AOL
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Chris Rhines on July 20, 2005, 05:19:37 PM: PaulVolnos on AIM/Gaim.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Bemidjiblade on July 21, 2005, 03:42:49 AM: Ya know... Sometimes these threads amaze me.
Look, I don't mean to be antisocial, but I highly encourage you guys to think twice before putting this sort of information out.

There are bad people out there smart enough to use little bits of information to get more etc.

Just my 2 bits.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Guest on July 21, 2005, 08:31:12 AM: Ha! If they can't figure out where I live, they aren't trying hard enough.

I meet people every day and tell them my name and where I live, they can get my license plate number by looking at my car, they can drive by my house and see me outside.

I'm definitely not going to spazz if someone finds out my IM name.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: jefnvk on July 21, 2005, 10:40:33 AM: jefnvk, on AIM.

An attaboy to the first person that can IM me my first and last name, and middle initial, using my screen name and location. Heck, post it here for all I care.

I really want to see if there is any truth to the claim that someone could use my location and name to find my real name (and address, if the resource I am thinking of had it updated, which it didn't).
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Guest on July 21, 2005, 10:53:09 AM: Bwahaha! I could do it!

(No worries, I wouldn't.)
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: HForrest on July 21, 2005, 11:58:58 AM: Hforrest308 on AIM... henry_on_im on Yahoo!... maxflash39@hotmail.com on MSN.

Seems like everyone here uses AIM, all my family uses Yahoo, and all my friends use MSN. Trillian is great.

I never attach my last name to anything public, and doubt someone would intentionally go so such lengths to retrieve that information maliciously.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: ...has left the building. on July 21, 2005, 02:09:50 PM: If you want my AIM screenname, don't be shy and PM me on THR. I'd rather not post it because I've had some people who would IM me every single minute I was online and if I didn't IM them they would be offended. :rolleyes
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: Justin on July 22, 2005, 09:42:44 PM: heh!
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on July 24, 2005, 12:34:20 AM: davemsmith on AIM.
Feel free to send me all your virus/windows script kiddie crap.
My Mac likes to snack on that stuff.
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: RevDisk on July 24, 2005, 02:34:31 AM: I wish I could attract more stalkers. Unfortunately, they tend to avoid me like the plague. Darn it!

As for finding my name, anyone with half a degree of intelligence could find it easily enough. I don't go out of my way to hide it. As for identity theft, even if you rabidly protect your personal info, when your credit card companies and govt agencies either lose the information or actually sell it... Heh. Kinda defeats the point of all that hard work, no?
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: atek3 on July 24, 2005, 11:12:08 AM: atek3 on X-IM (encrypted instant messaging)

atek3
Title: APS' Instant Messenger Screenname thread
Post by: RevDisk on July 24, 2005, 02:05:25 PM: While casual encryption keeps rift raft from reading your messages, you do know using encryption merely flags your messages for extra attention by various govt folks?