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Old 10-17-2005, 04:51 PM   #1
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Hi All!

I haven't posted here a lot, forgive me if I picked the wrong forum or anything...

Yesterday I discovered a website called Frapper, which I think is really really cool... it's hard to describe but mainly it uses Google Maps in an interactive way... so I have started a map of all Prius users! It is here:

http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/priusowners#

It is less than 24 ours, and we are up to nearly 200 members...but that is chickenfeed, there must be thousands registered here alone, and I want everyone to join. I know many of you belong to other groups, and I see that some of you are in already... a certain efusco, my old buddy Wayne Brown, that nice man with hsd on his forehead...;-)

I have to say, I think this is really cool technology, and it seems entirely appropriate to me that the Prius group should become the biggest map they have..please help!

I don't like to write to all known prius sites and groups, it doesn't seem good etiquette to me. But I do want everybody to know about the map. Would you all please have a look at any other sites you belong to, and consider posting a message to it, if you like the idea of a world map of Prius owners..

Thanks! and best regards

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Old 10-17-2005, 05:13 PM   #2
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Please, everyone, do sign up at Frapper....but also be sure to post your local at the PriusChat Member Map--> http://priuschat.com/index.php?act=membermap
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Old 10-17-2005, 05:34 PM   #3
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<_< No way!
I'm a software engineer and very concerned with identity theft.
Minimizing the amount of publicly availalable personal information is an important strategy in protecting yourself.

This site requires a zip code which could easily be correlated with other, publicly available information to identify you, your address, the size of your mortgage...

If you do register, I recommend using the zipcode a large city nearby rather than your real zipcode.
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Old 10-17-2005, 05:47 PM   #4
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<_< No way!
I'm a software engineer and very concerned with identity theft.
Minimizing the amount of publicly availalable personal information is an important strategy in protecting yourself.

Hmmm. I sympathise with your concerns but it does make life more interesting, the more you engage with others...

I don't believe that any American with a bank account and/or a mortgage can't be traced, by those who know how. I shan't worry, for myself.

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Old 10-17-2005, 05:50 PM   #5
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Please, everyone, do sign up at Frapper....but also be sure to post your local at the PriusChat Member Map--> http://priuschat.com/index.php?act=membermap
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hi Evan!

I have added my pin to the member map, apparently I am the only member in the UK, and when I looked there were only 293 in the US!

I was wondering, Priuschat is such an impressively hitech site, could it be tied to member registration? you say where you're from, then it just adds the pin...

Regards, and in admiration of the sophistication of Priuschat...

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Old 10-17-2005, 07:35 PM   #6
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<_< No way!
I'm a software engineer and very concerned with identity theft.
Minimizing the amount of publicly availalable personal information is an important strategy in protecting yourself.

This site requires a zip code which could easily be correlated with other, publicly available information to identify you, your address, the size of your mortgage...

If you do register, I recommend using the zipcode a large city nearby rather than your real zipcode. 
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Kiloran's concern is valid, although the most personal and accessible information about you is sealed with spit and glue -- your MAIL.

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Old 10-17-2005, 07:49 PM   #7
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hey Kiloran...

ease up man... you paranoid.

all you need is your name...any name, nickname, etc. and zipcode

my name is Dave my zipcode is 98506

go ahead...steal something. i dare ya
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Old 10-18-2005, 12:13 AM   #8
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Jerry: thanks!

("endoildependency" on Yahoo Prius groups)
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ease up man... you paranoid.
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<_< ease up man...you ignorant.

My background and the volume of other peoples personal information, over which I have complete access and little to no oversite makes me keenly aware of how easily this information can be accessed and abused.

I'm not paranoid, I'm reasonably cautious and I'm trying to help my fellow PriusChat members protect themselves by advising them to protect information which can be used to identify them. Nobody has to take my advise if they disagree with it.
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Old 10-20-2005, 01:33 PM   #10
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Is this thing (Frapper) still working? I don't see any entries since the 18th, and I just tried entering mine. Also, the dots disappear below a certain zoom level.
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