Curious and concerned

dogslife said:

I still wonder why they are looking at individual profiles though as well as general topics??

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the Bots are looking from someone! anyone related to Sarah Connor needs to be careful...............

On a serious note the bots will 'scan' anything and everything they can access, as your profile information is freely available to anyone on the internet just like a topic thread they will access it.

Brunneria said:

I never give out my accurate birthday on forums or FB or anywhere other than official documentation for things like banks, passports and driving licences.

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Since long before the days of the internet, I've always had a policy of
I recommend it.
"Sally"

dogslife said:

still wonder why they are looking at individual profiles though as well as general topics??

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the 'bots are looking at everything for new info on everything / every one.

I do not worry to much, although most of my profile is to a greater extent correct, there is enough stuff that is not. This applies to all forum profiles I belong to, not just here.

I have a very hard name to search for, as i have the same name as a famous entertainer that swamps search results.

How does it know the difference between robots and guests on the list

Good to know , thanks.