flamethrowing-hurdy-gurdy:

It’s a wee bit paranoid maybe because who’d go to the trouble, but every time I see those ‘put the name of your pet in the tags’ or ‘your mother’s maiden name plus the street you live on is your detective name’ posts I’m thinking, that’s a lot of information you could gather about a person that might be useful to, say, get into their email account or figure out their current location, or impersonate them over the phone.

And the answer to ‘who’d go to the trouble’ is ‘anyone who wants to hurt you’.

Which, considering how many people on here have stalkers, aggressive haters, abusive exes or family members, is something to note.

Be careful there.