Specify the site? Holy cow! You think there's only one? I'll go you one better: Type "criminal record check" into your browser and TAKE YOUR PICK!!!

You mean to tell me that you people are bitching about NSA snooping and you have NEVER bothered to look at the staggering number of websites that have your information and it's free to anyone who cares to search for it??? My god! What a bright bunch we have with us today!

The website I looked at was advertised--ADVERTISED--on my Yahoo! homepage! It was disguised as a news article but when I clicked, it was just a site for checking people's background info. I decided to try it. I know someone who has two DUIs and I wondered if that info was public so I typed her name and state in the box and bam! There it was complete with her ex-husband's name, her ex-father-in-law's name, her two children's names, her city of residence and it even knew that she had lived in two cities in Florida even though she was only there for about a year. In fact, her ex told me that she was in Florida but didn't say where and I didn't ask. But now I realize you don't have to ask. Just do a search. Now I didn't mean to snoop on this lady but she doesn't use a computer so I just wanted to see if her DUI's were public knowledge even if she doesn't go online and hell yes they are.

Anyone can find out just about anything they want about you. These sites are used by prospective employers, for example. These sites advertise themselves online as sites for people to check out the backgrounds of new boyfriends or girlfriends--just in case. Maybe not a bad thing there. But can we doubt that stalkers, pedophiles and identity thieves practically live at these sites?

Oh, and have a Facebook account? Got it set for private, no one can see you info but your designated FB friends? Oh my goodness NO! Anyone can look at anything you post on Facebook. Again employers do it ALL the time. Every time you read about somebody being busted on FB playing Frisbee on the beach when they are collecting money for a supposed back injury and that kind of thing, it's because the insurance company or employer went of FB and got that info, which is easy. Privacy, my ass.

Then there's the software that merchants use to follow you EVERYWHERE you go online. Think no one knows about that super-kinky porno site that you visit everyday that you think you have carefully guarded from the prying eyes of the world. Haha!! Someone knows about it. Every merchant on the internet knows about it. And you think stalkers and private investigators don't make use of that software to follow people like you online? Well, you just go right on thinking that.