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Comment by Erenst van Niekerk on Big Brother is Tracking You (and how you can fight back) (February 20, 2026 05:21 AM)
Thanx Bob for an overall view on tracking...
Comment by Dave on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 20, 2026 01:44 AM)
Disappointed I can't use it, my computer blocks me Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access fastpeoplesearch.com Why have I been blocke...
Comment by Wild Bill 99 on Big Brother is Tracking You (and how you can fight back) (February 19, 2026 10:11 PM)
As a neo-Luddite, I tend to be suspicious of everyone and everything, in our connected age. Fifty years ago we joked about parking meters listening. ...
Comment by Bruce on Big Brother is Tracking You (and how you can fight back) (February 19, 2026 06:02 PM)
Turnoff wifi when you go for walks and driving both for security and to save battery power. The phone doesn't need to talk to every router it passes...
Comment by Steve on [ALERT] ATM Skimmer Scams On The Rise (February 19, 2026 05:34 PM)
I got ripped off by an ATM at a gas station for several hundred dollars. But my credit card company realized it was a bogus charge and it didn't go to...
Comment by howard on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 19, 2026 05:33 AM)
this site is also free, BUT has paid links also, it seems to me that the paid links help pay for the free sites upkeep, https://www.truepeoplesearch.c...
Comment by Gerry D on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 19, 2026 02:52 AM)
I just used FastPeopleSearch and so far, by far, one of the best sites out there with a ton of free information. ...
Comment by Warren Ngo on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 19, 2026 01:13 AM)
Alas, your recommended site seems to search only doe U.S. addresses, not Canadian...
Comment by TERRY STORY on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 18, 2026 11:44 PM)
The sad part is that I would be willing to pay a subscription cost if it were reasonable for the few searches that I am ikely to want to pursue, but t...
Comment by Donna H on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 18, 2026 10:28 PM)
FastPeopleSearch provided information on the person's name I'd entered. The "Full Background Report" is marked as "(Sponsored)." That link takes you t...
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