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Don't use these people for looking. use https://haveibeenpwned.com/ instead, he is a trusted researcher who is not out to collect data or make a profit on any of the user's affected by the data breach.

You will get a response if you email but that doesn't mean Obama is taking your message seriously.

Use this form instead and you'll get more than a "thanks for writing!"

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

The above site does extremely well in revealing only email addresses that belong to the people requesting it. I think it's safe to recommend that site to anyone who wants to know if their data was leaked... they've developed a pretty solid reputation through they way they've handled nearly a dozen similar breaches in the past.

real name and address is in CC details. Easy lookup on http://pipl.com or http://spokeo.com or one of the 10000 private background checking services. Just email? Pull it through facebook's "forgot my password".

Trustify and the other sites publishing this to the general public should get SUED by class action lawyers just like Ashley Madison is! They are as disgusting as the hackers and the AM guys.

At a minimum, they should do the same verification system used by https://haveibeenpwned.com

They at least have some basic decency to let people know if they've been exposed without telling anyone else that asks, without knowing any context (fake emails, or people who signed up once in 2009 on a whim one boring night but never used) and not using this the most vulgar methods possible to make money by putting a scarlet letter on everyone. Trustify is disgusting.

That's a good point, I'd meant to mention that. IP address usually isn't a smoking gun, but if you can move it, that's probably good.

If you're super patient, you can download TOR here https://www.torproject.org/

That routes your traffic through other hosts world-wide and makes it hard (but not impossible) to track back to you. It'd be great for this sort of thing, but don't think that if you're using it to plot a Presidential assassination they won't be able to figure out who you are.

The downside is it tends to be slooooow. And, for paranoid sites, they will see you coming from IP addresses all over the world and figure you're a hacker or thief, so it is sometimes very annoying to use.

Absolutely, I am having a hard time to know ware to start. I guess I will link shit. It is notable however to never trust pasted links. This site can be validated by millions however....google it if you don't trust me...and pls don't trust me https://www.torproject.org/ It is always important to stay anonymous online. Facebook, Twitter, anything that has your personal information on it. GET RID OF IT. If you are worried about loosing overseas friend's contacts. Create a new one with a throw away email (don't use this email for anything else) use a handle...let your friends know it is you via sms if you want to re-add them. I know I posted a tor link, however there is also I2P. You cannot rely on these tools alone to keep you safe. You also want a vpn. Also it helps to know a little about encryption, and how to implement it. Here is the wiki for PGP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

This is just the first steps. If you pay for something pay with a visa card prepaid with cash at a gas station. If they want to verify by mail, by a track phone from dollar general for $5 verify the sim using a vpn or a proxy. I think there are also multiple sites that offer anonymous sim cards, but I don't want to link to something that may be illegitimate, some of them can be hit or miss.

This all seems like a lot of hard work, but it becomes quite fun after you get it down. Almost like second nature.

Don't trust anyone with your personal information.

I hope this helped a little, I have been up for 72 hours straight.

Will do, glad someone on here has sense. Also on that tor link there is an operating system called tails. If you have a windows machine, look up https://www.virtualbox.org/ This will allow you to have a different operating system. Tails is pretty secure...has every thing you need to get started. There are plenty of youtube videos online that will help you install tails onto a virtual box or a thumb drive.

GN

Yes, you may still get it while your DNS clears out -- my AT&T phone shows it gone, TimeWarner still holding on to it, but that will clear in a couple hours. Good server trace tool for those not versed in Terminal or CMD:

http://www.monitis.com/traceroute/

AWS is amazons cloud service.. they provide a free tier, which is most likely what the site owner is using

https://aws.amazon.com/free/

If the owner was smart, he would have hid his servers IP behind cloudflare, and then renumbered often

If the guest wireless uses a common username and password to access it (something that's advertised within the company and it changes weekly) then there are only a few ways it could be tied to you.

1) The MAC address. Every internet-communicating device has a unique hardware-based addressed assigned to it. This is just an identifier that alone won't tie to you personally. However...

2) If your company keeps logs of internet traffic including the content of each packet, then they can inspect packets for any identifying information, tie that traffic to your MAC address, and then yes they can find out. However, this is often very impractical... Very few businesses can afford (or care) to spend the money for storage and analysis of traffic extending much further than maybe a month (if that). Hopefully you didn't use a work email address or an address with your name in it.

Go to AirVPN (google it) and they have instructions on how to install VPN services on your iOS device. It's really easy and it's a great bit of peace of mind.

Take a deep breath ... try looking for paths, other than Reddit, to deal with this.

For example, what I am reading/using after talking to a professional for advice on how to move forward: After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust : http://www.amazon.com/After-Affair-Healing-Rebuilding-Unfaithful/dp/0062122703 (Note: like you, my 'infidelity' was electronic rather than physical -- few times that I had someone wanting to meet, I let it slide --) Decide whether you want to end your relationship or recreate it. PS: Gap in book -- no conception of the ease of shaming that something like the AM hack creates.

I am... almost done, actually. It's called "Trying on Sweaters", sequel to this one: http://www.amazon.com/FUnEMPLOYMENT-Jobbus-Interruptus-Jayne-Grey-ebook/dp/B006BMC022

If anyone would like to share the personal stories/viewpoint of someone on either side, I'd be interested in presenting a fair and balanced perspective. I change the names to protect the innocent.

I've had my own experiences with finding 'Ashley Madison' in my bed (as an unexpected guest), but am interested in capturing the other side.

Life isn't always about judging a book by it's cover. Sometimes it's the sticky pages that are worth separating.

Perhaps similar to you ... and not going great for me either ....

Take a deep breath ... try looking for paths, other than Reddit, to deal with this.

For example, what I am reading/using after talking to a professional for advice on how to move forward: After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust : http://www.amazon.com/After-Affair-Healing-Rebuilding-Unfaithful/dp/0062122703 (Note: like you, my 'infidelity' was electronic rather than physical -- few times that I had someone wanting to meet, I let it slide --) Decide whether you want to end your relationship or recreate it. PS: Gap in book -- no conception of the ease of shaming that something like the AM hack creates.

Perhaps you -- like I am doing now -- should read "After the affair ..." http://www.amazon.com/After-Affair-Healing-Rebuilding-Unfaithful/dp/0062122703

For me, AM was "release" amid some serious issues -- painful & embarrassing to be 'outed' to drive a (set of) conversation(s) that I'd already been preparing / building up to.

High share of populace engage in affairs -- physical. Another large share, contemplate seriously, engage in electronic playing around, etc ...

Difference w/AM is that something that is typically able to be dealt with in private is now going to be an electronic scarlet letter not just on the person in the list but 'six degrees of separation' onto their children, etc ...

1. What I'm (re)reading: http://www.amazon.com/After-Affair-Healing-Rebuilding-Unfaithful/dp/0062122703 After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust

2. My 'infedility' was electronic and, as with most people, there were/are reasons (good/bad/indifferent/irrelevant to you). (1) is helping me work through in path to fix / address rather than avoid dealing with 'reasons'. And, helping guide conversations with spouse.

3. The statistics come from there [1]. Point is that it is 'part' of human condition -- not stating it is good/bad/otherwise, but obviously occurs. And, what is "guilt" ... if we are talking those (men, women, ...) who read a Penthouse letters-like space, get enthralled with flirting, or even engage / pay for a site like AM without ever actually meeting someone (let alone having "sex", no matter how Clinton defines "is"), are we talking the majority of people?

Point being made is that black/white re "guilty" avoids dealing with the specific.

As an example -- one person who I do know on the list, not 'friend' or even strong 'acquaintance', has been dealing with a seriously ill spouse for a decade+. Harder than being a single parent, since they take care of the children (well -- from everything I've seen) while also taking care of very infirm spouse. No idea whether on AM with or without spouse's consent/knowledge, but have to be a pretty harsh black/white uber-moralist to think that this person is "GUILTY" for doing this.