Spokeo

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This is just freaking creepy. It is really just an advanced screenscraper and data logger - its not pulling down anything "private" as far as I can tell - though it does seem to have pretty much unlimited access to Facebook, which is information that should be private (though I did not pay for the service to see if it really does have access to your - not public though protected only by the privacy hating facebook overlords inc. - facebook profile.

Anyway, check it out for yourself. Damn creepy if you ask me.

http://www.spokeo.com/

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