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Is it just me or is this spectacularly creepy? "I bet you can't cyber stalk my friend! I bet you we can!" I could understand if this was at defcon or a security/privacy related conference and all parties involved were in the field, but just cyber stalking some random woman? What's the point?

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Looking up online != "stalking", and there was no "point" - it was a simple fun bet between friends.

No, it's not just you. It's spectacularly creepy, lacking reflection _and_ a thinly disguised ad for their site/product ("look, our engineers are fucking evil geniuses! Amazing."). And of course, like others already have said, HN fell for it.

This stuff should worry you, not be lauded as some kind of amazing engineering feat. 4chan does this all the time and they call it doxxing.

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