Is this normal? Would you be worried if your spouse blocked you from seeing his/her pictures on facebook? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 16, 2009 - 94 answers

Knowing that two of my housemates plan to leave the third one high and dry, while he has no idea about it, do I tell him? Or is this a breach of trust to them? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 14, 2009 - 25 answers

Can some of you amazing Internet security people explain to me how cautious I need to be about what I do online? Is there a way to explore ideas online that are ideas you'd normally keep private? Or -- do I perhaps not need to worry about this, given the way opposition research and government confirmations actually work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 12, 2009 - 11 answers

My mom stalked my girlfriend's mailing address. This is not okay, right? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 10, 2009 - 72 answers

My roommate has been watching what I do online- help! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 27, 2009 - 37 answers

What is good shared email account etiquette? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 23, 2009 - 34 answers

What exactly can a doctor's office tell anyone who happens to pick up your phone? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 21, 2009 - 11 answers

My wife struggles with depression and, occasionally, suicidal ideation. But she doesn't communicate well (or nearly at all), so I have no real way of knowing when she's having a crisis rather than just another string of bad days / weeks. Is it ethical to monitor her internet activity without her knowledge so I have some idea of when I need to get serious about intervening? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 29, 2009 - 40 answers

I just started a long-term medication (bupropion, for ADD) that interacts very, very badly with alcohol. I don't miss the booze itself, but not being able to drink throws all sorts of monkey wrenches into my social life. I need advice on how to be a non-drinker in the drinkingest town in the United States, New York City... where the default activity for any occaision is going out for a drink. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 17, 2009 - 41 answers

I've been trying to "disappear" on the internet for a while now, but every now and then I realize I've linked myself back to something I regret saying online or even online profiles which are benign but still don't want linked to me. What can I do to "lose my identity" online to the point of being completely disjoint from my past? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 16, 2009 - 9 answers

Is it appropriate to use an email address given as a part of a donation to send a short thank you note, when the person making the donation through my website did not consent to me using their email address? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 29, 2009 - 14 answers

So, I inadvertently sent my phone number and address to a Craigslist Scammer. What problems could this pose me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 16, 2009 - 4 answers

Many moons ago, when I was naive and young, I left an embarrassing trail of incriminating Usenet posts. I had Google remove them from their archive but, forward a few years, they're back! How can I get them deleted for good? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 18, 2009 - 15 answers

I would like to write & sell erotica online. What do I need to know about maintaining my privacy? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 13, 2009 - 8 answers

Unshredded medical records literally hit me in the face. Should I do something about this? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 13, 2009 - 12 answers

Looking for storage ideas for bedroom toys [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 12, 2009 - 20 answers

What information does my workplace receive about claims on my health insurance? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 11, 2009 - 6 answers

Should I include a photo of myself on my blog? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 11, 2009 - 27 answers

What information is made public when filing an LLC for Foreign Qualification in New York? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 5, 2009 - 2 answers

WorkFriendly.net has been gone for a while, though I'm looking for other potential websites that do the same job. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 4, 2008 - 4 answers

I stumbled on a phpMyAdmin page for a database of personal info along with credit card numbers, hosted by a multinational corporation. I deleted some records. How do I report it without being accused of hacking? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 3, 2008 - 23 answers

I have a friend who browses the internet at work. She thinks she has our company's internet monitoring program beat by surfing through Lotus Notes. Recently I've discovered she's been logging into livejournal from work, and I'm concerned because my security is friends-only (and she is on my friends list). Is she right about surfing with Lotus Notes, or am I screwed as far as the company now having access to my livejournal?
posted by anonymous on Nov 12, 2008 - 18 answers

How can I be sure that the prescription I'm about to fill won't appear in a for-profit prescription database? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 18, 2008 - 7 answers

I would like to receive money from people, but I don't want them to have my real name or contact information. Can I do this through Paypal, or what are my other options? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I tell a therapist that Ive done something illegal? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 2, 2008 - 28 answers

Where can I anonymously complain on the internets? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 8, 2008 - 18 answers

How anonymous is my anonymous blog? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 14, 2008 - 21 answers

How my web privacy do I have when I use the internet at work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 11, 2008 - 28 answers

I am a new college graduate (last June), a typical overachiever, and I landed one of those high-paying, high-stress, high hours analyst jobs at an investment bank in New York City. I am now seven/eight months in and struggling with some pretty serious depression. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 2, 2008 - 22 answers

How do I get a specific video to stop showing up as a related link to videos I post to YouTube? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 10, 2008 - 8 answers

What is the privacy downside of seeing a therapist using my insurance plan? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 - 7 answers

Can I get photos uploaded to Facebook that include me against my wishes removed if the person who uploaded them will not take them down? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 29, 2007 - 24 answers

I have accidentally come into possession of someone's private data. Now what? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 27, 2007 - 22 answers

The problem is that I googled myself and found that a website had a bunch of my private documents, stuff like correspondence between me and colleagues, a manuscript draft, power of attorney, stuff about a failing (ultimately failed) relationship - very confidential stuff. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 15, 2007 - 9 answers

I think my boss is spying on my computer. Complicated info follows... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 9, 2007 - 28 answers

My friends just moved into a lovely, renovated duplex. Now they find themselves under surveillance--from their duplex mate. What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 17, 2007 - 63 answers

How does one graciously deflect intrusive questions? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 28, 2007 - 34 answers

Do I have to let my boss talk to my doctor? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 11, 2007 - 16 answers

I was reviewing the Application Logs on my XP machine at work and noticed an error message which concerned Kerberos and mentioned the computer name of a manager in the HR department for my company. The log said something about an incorrect password. Does this indicate that my online activities are being monitored? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 29, 2007 - 10 answers

How can I find a new job that does NOT require drug testing without cause? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 29, 2007 - 23 answers

Inbox privacy at work. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 20, 2006 - 19 answers

How much of my medical history is available to prospective employers/government institutions, and are there any questions regarding medical history or treatment that I am not legally obligated to answer? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 20, 2006 - 7 answers

I've accumulated a bunch of photos in my Flickr account of me with (now ex) girlfriends, and women who I've had shorter-term involvments with. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 6, 2006 - 9 answers

So it looks like my iMac G5 hard drive died some time this afternoon while the computer was on and I was not in front of it. Great! I'm still covered by warranty, so there's that. BUT. When the hard drive died... I, err, may have been in the process of downloading porn through BitTorrent. (Nothing illegal, but y'know, it's porn.) Obviously I have to bring this computer in for repair, and will probably have to give the HD to some kind of data-recovery service, and so when some techno-wizard hopefully gets things going again, there that porn file will be, sitting right out on my desktop. This happens all the time, right? Are they going to be scandalized? (I am in NYC, so my guess is no, but...) What level of humiliation or other problems am I looking at here? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 23, 2006 - 16 answers

Is there any way for me to get birth control pills for my girlfriend? I am 20, she is 17. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 4, 2006 - 35 answers

How, under Equal Employment Opportunity, can a prospective employer ask you to sign a HIPAA waiver? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 26, 2006 - 8 answers

CryptographyFilter: I'm an obsessive journaler, partly because I enjoy writing ideas etc down in my journals, partly because I have a terrible memory. Every now and then I would like to be able to record something in my journal that I wouldn't want to be read by someone who was less respectful of my privacy than I would hope them to be, or by someone who picked up one of my journals (which always have my contact details in the front) should I misplace one. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 2, 2006 - 56 answers

Bathroom privacy when married...open door policy? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 30, 2005 - 67 answers

I am a research assistant for a project that involves studying participants in a website for a particular deviant sexuality. I think my research methodology is unethical, but my supervisor disagrees. What can I do? Is the internet a public or private place? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 27, 2005 - 47 answers

In regards to keeping items OFF the hotel bill... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 4, 2005 - 13 answers