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I just found a guy on a website that lives in my city. I was thinking of how easy it would be to find out what equipment he has and that got me to thinking. Do you think their is thieves out there who search for cars in their state or city and look at them to rob? my city is about 500,000 so its not like seattle or LA or something so I don't really worry, but do you think this happens?

too bad im not a thief

I never really thought about it that way. Im sure it happens sometimes. Considering it doesnt take much to find out a ton of info online.

TEDD

I have no doubt about it. That is why you don't post too much information :) . I have a fair bit of info, but in no place can you find my address or license plate #. I even have my section of the city, but that is till large enough for anonymity.

Keep landmarks and house #'s out of your photo's! License plates too.

I've thought about that many a time, which is why I never put the actual town wehre I live on a website unless it's for secure ordering purposes. I also usually blank out teh plates on the photos of my cars.
It's just safer that way. Especially if people don't always agree with you and get the idea to come find you and wreck your car or house. I know I've ticked off a few people in my time.

It wouldn't be that hard, knowing a person's name and city to find them. especially if they have a photo of their license plate on their car. a little bit of social engineering and you can get enough personal information from most people to steal their entire identity and everything they own.

It's scary what info you can find on the net these days. I just updated my carodmain site with pics, and you can see that the license plate is whited out!

Very easy to find info on people. I keep my descriptions very vague and never list the town or area I live in. Fortunate enough for me I drive an 83 Chevy truck right now, doesn't exactly help them narrow things down any :)

It's not a huge deal for me... I mean It's not much different then parking your car at wal-mart. Of course you'd be safer if you always kept your car in the garage and NEVER took it out, but thats not reality to most.... What is reality is stuff IS going to get stolen, thats why theres alarms and insurance...

Stuff is going get stolen, such is life...

Of course I do blank out my plates, but other than that, screw it... People are pretty alert in my neighborhood so even if somebody did steal something then they would more than likely be caught.

there are plenty of ways to share your interests without making theft easy for others though.
it's just a matter of taking precautions that should be common sense like blanking out plates and VIN numbers, anything that may geographically give away your precise location, name, or identity, things like that.