People can find out so much about you from a race picture - see your race number, find your name, google you, get your phone number and address...dangerous stuff with all the weirdos out there.
People can find out so much about you from a race picture - see your race number, find your name, google you, get your phone number and address...dangerous stuff with all the weirdos out there.
One of the reasons to bandit a race.
This is a hard thing for a narcissist to understand, but no one cares about you enough for it to be even remotely worth their time to use a race photo to track you down.
you're not that important wrote:
This is a hard thing for a narcissist to understand, but no one cares about you enough for it to be even remotely worth their time to use a race photo to track you down.
I agree that, for the most part, nobody cares that much about anybody else. However, the ease of finding out information about others in this age makes it almost certain that people will google and investigate whomever they choose with a few simple clicks - it takes no effort at all, and satisfies a dark, gossip-mongering curiosity present within each of us. If you believe that your acquaintances, who care little for you, have not sought to find out more about you outside of conversation, you are deluded about the technological age in which you live. This isn't about narcissism or caring. It's about sinister voyeurism perpetuated by technology. The OP seeks privacy.
Always give a fake birth date and name when you race. I often race under the name Art Vandelay or Martin Van Nostrand.
I would opt out of online posting of race results. I don't care if anyone knows I'm the back of the pack runner. I just like being private.
Karl Hungus wrote:
I would opt out of online posting of race results. I don't care if anyone knows I'm the back of the pack runner. I just like being private.
I wasn't aware that you could opt out of race pictures. This would be ideal in addition to the fake name.
Roger Murdock wrote:
People can find out so much about you from a race picture - see your race number, find your name, google you, get your phone number and address...dangerous stuff with all the weirdos out there.
Yes, and people also learn plenty if you're the only official entrant to NOT be photographed at any point during the VIA Lehigh Valley Marathon.
You can also race under a different gender to be even harder to find, and you might also get some race wins!
Some fake name suggestions:
Some Guy
Bob Sacamano
Art Vandelay
Ralph Wiggum
Supernintendo Chalmers
I have a childish sense of humor and would get a good chuckle out of hearing any of those names read by the announcer as you crossed the finish line.
A friend of mine is a race director who has had requests from runners to have their name removed from race results after the race was over. The reason was that they were currently on work disability and didn't want to get busted by insurance companies that they were out running road races. He did not honor any of those requests.
Would also be good to enter under some impossible to pronounce eastern European name, and then laugh to yourself as they try to say it at the awards presentation.
Planning a charity scam to make it harder for me to track you?
you're not that important wrote:
This is a hard thing for a narcissist to understand, but no one cares about you enough for it to be even remotely worth their time to use a race photo to track you down.
I know I'm not important, but if being concerned about a very real security risk makes me a narcissist, so be it. Does securing one's social security number and banking information make you a narcissist?
Roger Murdock wrote:
you're not that important wrote:This is a hard thing for a narcissist to understand, but no one cares about you enough for it to be even remotely worth their time to use a race photo to track you down.
I know I'm not important, but if being concerned about a very real security risk makes me a narcissist, so be it. Does securing one's social security number and banking information make you a narcissist?
Apples and Oranges. Why are you even going out in public?
George Zip wrote:
Some fake name suggestions:
Some Guy
Bob Sacamano
Art Vandelay
Ralph Wiggum
Supernintendo Chalmers
I have a childish sense of humor and would get a good chuckle out of hearing any of those names read by the announcer as you crossed the finish line.
I was beaten by a Lance Uppercut in a local 5k a few years back.
Also Suspicious wrote:
Roger Murdock wrote:I know I'm not important, but if being concerned about a very real security risk makes me a narcissist, so be it. Does securing one's social security number and banking information make you a narcissist?
Apples and Oranges. Why are you even going out in public?
Yeah if you're that paranoid, you'd probably be best never leaving the house. And you better keep the shades down!
Roger Murdock wrote:
you're not that important wrote:This is a hard thing for a narcissist to understand, but no one cares about you enough for it to be even remotely worth their time to use a race photo to track you down.
I know I'm not important, but if being concerned about a very real security risk makes me a narcissist, so be it. Does securing one's social security number and banking information make you a narcissist?
A very real security risk? Has anyone ever had a crime committed against their person or property by a stranger who looked up their info from race results/photos?
Any time you put personal information into a public forum, you are putting yourself at risk. With race information they can get your name, birthdate and make a photo ID. The only information they are missing is your SS number. If they get that they can open an account in your name, etc.
This is one reason I offer my services. If you'd like help in getting that BQ, message me. People like Derek Murphy are ruining people's lives over small potatoes, and that's about as low as it gets.
Consider using a professional bib mule and protect yourself.