Who fills the forms honestly??
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Topic: Who fills the forms honestly??
Posted By: the boss
Subject: Who fills the forms honestly??
Date Posted: 17 January 2006 at 1:32pm
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well, everytime we go to any website for downloading a free tool, utility, some evaluation or a shareware, we are asked to fill a small form asking for stuff like full name, address, email, phone, blah blah blah..
well i wonder how many of you really trust every website to give out such information and not fill the form with asdfg junk like i do..??>  ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 17 January 2006 at 1:58pm
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I fill things out honestly most of the time. But then I visit sites
that are trustworthy and have good names. I want them to know who I am. For stuff on the shady side... I don't need it so I don't sign up. I also post my real name a lot. I want people to know who I am. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 17 January 2006 at 2:16pm
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I usually can't be bothered and don't want to give out my email address for fear of more spam so on shareware sites I usually don't fill in the form correctly. However, most now send you the link by email, so I often have to go back and put in a real email address. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 17 January 2006 at 2:59pm
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I usually don't mind putting in my real name and email if they need to send a link but I barely ever put in address and phone# as I think it is none of their business. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 17 January 2006 at 5:26pm
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We're talking as quite technically orientated people, I wonder how many of the general public actually fill out all their details? |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 18 January 2006 at 2:46am
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I've got a couple of blackhole sites for bogus email addresses. I visit a lot of sites where I want to get one of their whitepapers. I give them an email address of theircompany@myblackholesite.com - the postmaster address is a catchall with a very low spam threshold. It lets me track who's sending me spam. Once every few months, I clean out the mailboxe. Also have an msn address that I use for posting in newsgroups. It deletes any incoming mail that's not from MS. My google auto-fill is set up for bogus address and phone number info. The only sites that need the real info are those I'm buying something from. ------------- 
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