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This Creepy “Family History” Site Might Know Way Too Much About You

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"Other genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com have all that same information on file. Sure, they have fees, but a bit of red tape won’t stop anyone who’s determined enough, says Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet & Society. “People intent on identity theft or harassment aren’t going to be deterred by a $12.99 price tag to pull a record from any other site,” he says, “and they’re not deterred from spending another half hour looking through records.”"

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