If you use fake names on your social networking sites, how would they know it’s you?
because many times people will also use their home email address as well.
Does little good to be “fatnotlazy” and have your contact email addy as “myrealname@bellsouth.com“
Oh, suppose if someone looked hard enough, they could find almost anyone’s ID. -If they had a reason to.
Only if you disclose your pseudonym, if any, or even use a social networking site. Other than that the employer would have to obtain your IP address to trace back postings to you. That would be unlikely.
If you do like Facebook etc. maintain 2 accounts one of which is squeaky clean and is used in effect as a virtual resume.
Think before post. Case in point the rioters in Vancouver whose Facebook antics came back to bite them.
The article says they have some way of finding you. Not sure how accurate it is though.
But if you use fake names, what’s the point? This sucks as it makes social media now just one big office party that everyone has to attend. All talk will be small talk.
We need FB to step up and sue them or somehow make their network private and change their license agreement.
It is pretty easy. Many people use the same fake name for many different activities.
I discovered a local government official that was posting in the local newspaper (online comments section) about what a great job he was doing. He thought he was posting in a way that nobody could find out it was him.
I even found out he was on sex site soliciting for 18 year old boys and describing himself and posting naked pics of himself. Tied it all in to the car he drives from an auto forum and trips he took from a travel forum where he also posted.