Does providing family information by what you have on your vehicle have any downside?
Not that people should be paranoid, but in these days of scams, identity theft, and the likes, could people be unwittingly providing too much info about themselves by what they display on their vehicle? I ride around and often see a vehicle in front of a house, on the back window there are stickers with dad, mom, three children, and a dog. The girl is the middle child. Sometimes even the names of the kids are there along with the family name. If there is a baby or booster seat you can deduct the younger boy is plausibly 5yr old or less. The sticker that says ”My daughter is an honor student at whatever school” lets one know the girl is still primary school age and what school she attends, all by clues displayed curbside on the vehicle. Could there be a downside to that, even if not from nefarious people, but marketers who know what demographic the family is?
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You can look in the car and see the baby seat or the two kids actually sitting in the back seat. Bad people can stalk a school and watch all the parents pick up their children after school or hang out at the soccer fields or follow a bus full if kids home. Probably those stickers don’t matter.
Someone’s been watching Dexter reruns.
Marketers can’t do anything if they don;t know who the people are. Just seeing the stickers on the back of a vehicle won’t help. Besides, there are too many other easy ways to get the same info; just cross-reference people who buy the stickers with the credit or debit card used to pay.
No, I don’t think it is dangerous except it annoys people who have to see they are way above 2.5 kids. You only see them on huge SUVs and vans.
^^ Someone’s been watching Dexter reruns.
I have not even seen Dexter 1st runs.
I provide too much information about myself just by stepping out the door. If I do go out I never say anything in case someone should hear. If a marketer asks my demographic I will shoot to kill.
@FireMadeFlesh Well, I suppose that could be a plausible effect of displaying family info like that. Unlike the clip, I have seen vehicles that not only list the family members but the last name of the family as well. If someone did not want to pull anything as nefarious as a kidnapping, hey might be able to use it as a ruse to gain them some money, such as saying to the parents that their child knew one of their children which they can name by name, and say said child borrowed money from their child but never paid back as promised. Or someone just opening up shop for some service geared towards kids would know that the Sanchez family on Milkweed Ct. has two children in the target range, make sure to put them on the mailing list, because of what family info sits curbside on their vehicle.
@Hypocrisy_Central Fair enough. I am quite cautious with my security and privacy, and I am also fanatical about keeping my car untouched, so the stickers aren’t something I’d ever consider anyway.
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