Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp

The NYTimes has one of those Sky Is Falling Stories that says the combined power of the Internet, search engines and archival databases can enable almost anyone to find information about almost anyone else, possibly to satiate a passing curiosity.

\”If you are living in a new town trying to be hidden, it\’s pretty easy to find you now between Google and online government records,\” said Cindy Southworth, who develops technology education programs for victims of domestic violence. \”Many public entities are putting everything on the Web without thinking through the ramifications of those actions.\”