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The Internet has put an unsettling amount information at our fingertips. Now that the Web is finally usable on our phones, thanks to devices like the iPhone and Palm Pre, we can draw on this vast well of information (that many people would likely prefer remain private) anywhere we are. One particularly creepy application appears thanks to Intelius, a company that provides a "people search" engine. The soon to be released 'Date Check' is a free app that lets you perform basic background checks on potential mates. While the app itself is free, the checks are not. After entering a person's name or cell phone number, 'Date Check' performs one of several types of searches, like 'Sleaze Detector,' which searches for a criminal background, 'Net Worth' provides details about a person's assets including property, and 'Interests' scours social networking sites for personal details.
The searches will cost up to $40 apiece when the app launches this fall. With Android and BlackBerry versions already in the works, it's only a matter of time before we're all a click and a charge away from knowing everything we could ever need to know about our dinner partner.
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Subscribe to commentsdishbreakSep 26th 2009 11:53PM
To the programmer who wrote this spambot: take english lessons and get a dictionary.
But man, that is quite creepy...I hope Intellius has got my information right.
stevesmithSep 27th 2009 12:07AM
This is a boon for stalkers! Meet someone, and apparently you can find out all about them. What a great new way to really terrorize people. Criminals will be dancing for joy when they see this.
Of course, for some poor unsuspecting woman that really wants protection, the criminal part of the database is next to useless.
This is from a company that has often been criticized as being a scam.
swmfloridascOct 1st 2009 1:20PM
I question the accuracy of this, it was demostrated on Fox & Friends and mistakely showed that one of the male hosts had 26 arrests, which ofcourse he didn't. I see law suits due to the inaccurancy and also innocent people becoming victims due to criminals accessing the addresses of their marks.