I live about 15 miles from a medium sized city. A little over a year ago I moved here from a metropolitan area.
Sounds like a good move.
Yes, once someone gets wind of your online personality, and if they're malicious, then they can ruin your life, for sure.
Yes. Thats whats happening.
There's always this option:
Take a month-to a few month's break, then reboot yourself completely with a new avatar, and everything.
I think the problem is Data Mining. 70% of companies are buying the profiles of their employees. The profiles are being sold by internet providers who collect information on each and every customer based on searches and web sites visited.
Managers of these companies use the information from profiles in managing their employees.
Its either Data Mining or Hacking. One of the 2. Somehow the people at my places of work know about what I am doing on this site. They make comments that lead me to believe this.