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Some of the "listeners" might be surprised to find out that they can be located easily with google image search. I just did that for one person and found their full name because they used the same exact picture elsewhere.

I guess the question (not reading any of the sign up materials) is is there an implied expectation of privacy on the part of listeners (I see with the people needing support there is an explicit statement of confidentiality) and should they be notified of ways that people can find out who they are?

Edit: And things to do (picture and name wise) to prevent that from happening?



I'm having trouble thinking of even a hollywood movie plot where that info could be exploited. Other than where the listeners are actually 4chan trolls on a raid, in which case the pics are probably fake/stolen anyway.


You can't think of how a person with a mental illness could exploit the name and address of a caregiver?


"Speakers" or whatever you want to call them, but also others. Just a brief glance showed that lots of the listeners posted personal info about what they have gone through. Not sure if I would want the whole wide web to know about my personal mental history.


> Not sure if I would want the whole wide web to know about my personal mental history.

Wrong. You're absolutely sure that you don't want that.


What are you trying to say about people with a mental illness? Do you know the amount of illnesses which fall under 'mental disorder'? Over 400 [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mental_disorders


But I fail to see how a pix online would help. Given how easy it is to run a search as is.




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