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How many of us have searched for our full name? I have, and I'm not being narcissistic: my name is littered all over the net from many years of posting to newgroups and mailing lists (some as far back as the early 1990s)
I've also done the occasional search for old friends.
If someone at Google (or any SE which creates a trail) looked at the complete search history for my PC (which admittedly would probably be fragmented due to upgrades, reinstalling OS, or deliberately deleting Google's cookie) they could probably figure out my name with a bit of research. For example, my personal site is hosted within the same class C IP range that my browser uses.
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