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Googling strangers: One professor’s lesson on privacy in public spaces

Posted on March 11, 2019June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Francesca Paris and Scott Simon report:

Charlotte Lehman could hear the man reading his credit card number out loud from across the Starbucks.

He was speaking to a companion, but his voice carried over the music to where Lehman sat. Surrounded by a dozen or so people, the speaker also divulged his phone number a­­nd home address.

After that, all it took for Lehman to identify him was a quick Google search. She was able to find the man’s full name, what he does for a living and his professional website. She even heard him sharing a password.

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