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Got the same name as a serial killer? Google might think you’re the same person
- PaulHoule 5y agoIf you look me up you find a neurosurgeon who has a hole in his head. I’m not sure if I mind being hard to find - it’s creepy what you can find out about people online. I looked up somebody because I think they are (for lack of a better word) “super cute” and found out a lot. (Age, career history, …). Now I like this person even more. I don’t know if was a good idea because if I feed this information back I could look like a stalker. Yet using it could be to my advantage. If I said anything more some database expert could probably figure out who it is, and it might have been too much to say that.
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- ksaj 5y agoA certain very well known movie actress has an otherwise well known father who shares the same name as me. He's not a serial killer thankfully, and nor am I (also thankfully), but there was a while where googling "our" name would result in a little Google info block with his information, adorned with my significantly younger face pic. They fixed it eventually. There are occasional periods where someone messes up the gmail address, and I get a flood of hotel reminders and trade show invites that are actually meant for my more famous namesake. We are in completely different industries, so thankfully it's easy to tell when that happens. He's retired now, so it's stopped lately. I like to think every time I upload another video on YouTube or whatever, he thinks, "Oh, hell no!" and gets stuck having to defend his taste in music with the family.