This was originally posted by Bawksy on Ambercutie Forums.I definitely recommend going to the site and reading through the entire thread. A lot of other models and members also added a bunch of useful info as well.
http://www.ambercutie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5764
We see threads from time to time in this forum asking about whether Amazon Wishlists are secure, whether IP addresses can be traced, and so on. I'm sure the models-only section has plenty of information about how to protect your identity online too. These threads are useful, but the best way to protect from a stalker is to get into the mind of a stalker.
The purpose of this thread is to document in specific detail all the techniques that a stalker might use to find a cam model. This is not to educate would-be-stalkers, but rather to educate cam girls as to how to protect themselves from said techniques.
Before I get started, I'd like to point out here that no preventative measures can ever protect you completely from being found by a stalker. Please read this post here before we get started:
http://www.ambercutie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1123
Amazon Wishlists
The first thing to check for on a model's Amazon Wishlist is what real information is visible. The shipping street address might be hidden, but often the town shown is the town the girl lives in. Write this down for later.
In the picture below, the girl shows her name as "EM", but some foolish models may have their full real names visible here.
If you have a real name and a town, that's all you need to get started on a Facebook search.
If the girl was smart and hid her name, try buying something from a 3rd party seller. Amazon itself is good about protecting shipping addresses, but often 3rd party providers will email you a receipt showing the actual destination shipping address. Jackpot!
EXIF data
My favorite utility for this exercise is the "Exif Viewer" extension for Firefox. An online tool for doing the same thing is here: http://regex.info/exif.cgi but it is very tedious to run every picture through there.
When a photograph is taken by a device that is location-aware, such as a cell phone or some advanced digital cameras, it is possible to embed location information directly into the photo file. In a JPEG file (those ending in .jpg or .jpeg), this location information is stored in what is known as the EXIF data:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format
When a picture has location information added to it, it is called Geotagging.
On most location-enabled devices, you can enable or disable the Geotagging capability. Some models forget that it is enabled, however, and forget that their images are Geotagged. They then upload these images to their MFC profiles or otherwise.
Start with a model's MFC profile. Scan through her pictures to see if there are any self-shots where she is holding a cell phone. You'll have the best chance with these. Click on it to get the high-res image, and then use the EXIF-viewer tool of your choice to see if location information is there.
If you find a valid geolocation, check it out on Google Maps. Is the location in a residential area? Was the picture taken in a bathroom or bedroom? There's a good chance that the girl's house or the girl's boyfriend's house is either under or very near the location marker.
Once you know the rough address of the girl, you can use whitepages or tax-assessment information to pull up the owners of the lots in the vicinity. The owners might be the girl (if she's old enough) or it could be her parents. If you suspect it is her parents, plug the names into Facebook anyways, because lots of old people are on Facebook nowadays. Then see if their family members are listed publicly (old people suck at Facebook privacy settings). If not, check out their public pictures anyways. You might find a picture of the girl you are trying to stalk! If nothing comes up, check out a few houses in either direction up and down the road. Sometimes GPS isn't 100% accurate.
This technique is very effective. I found one profile where a girl had taken a picture of her brand new tattoo, and the embedded location was that of the tattoo parlor where she worked.
My favorite utility for this exercise is the "Exif Viewer" extension for Firefox. An online tool for doing the same thing is here: http://regex.info/exif.cgi but it is very tedious to run every picture through there.
When a photograph is taken by a device that is location-aware, such as a cell phone or some advanced digital cameras, it is possible to embed location information directly into the photo file. In a JPEG file (those ending in .jpg or .jpeg), this location information is stored in what is known as the EXIF data:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format
When a picture has location information added to it, it is called Geotagging.
On most location-enabled devices, you can enable or disable the Geotagging capability. Some models forget that it is enabled, however, and forget that their images are Geotagged. They then upload these images to their MFC profiles or otherwise.
Start with a model's MFC profile. Scan through her pictures to see if there are any self-shots where she is holding a cell phone. You'll have the best chance with these. Click on it to get the high-res image, and then use the EXIF-viewer tool of your choice to see if location information is there.
If you find a valid geolocation, check it out on Google Maps. Is the location in a residential area? Was the picture taken in a bathroom or bedroom? There's a good chance that the girl's house or the girl's boyfriend's house is either under or very near the location marker.
Once you know the rough address of the girl, you can use whitepages or tax-assessment information to pull up the owners of the lots in the vicinity. The owners might be the girl (if she's old enough) or it could be her parents. If you suspect it is her parents, plug the names into Facebook anyways, because lots of old people are on Facebook nowadays. Then see if their family members are listed publicly (old people suck at Facebook privacy settings). If not, check out their public pictures anyways. You might find a picture of the girl you are trying to stalk! If nothing comes up, check out a few houses in either direction up and down the road. Sometimes GPS isn't 100% accurate.
This technique is very effective. I found one profile where a girl had taken a picture of her brand new tattoo, and the embedded location was that of the tattoo parlor where she worked.
Birthdays
Even figuring out what year a girl was born in can be very useful. With that in hand, you can usually narrow down her high school graduating class to one or two years. Combine that with her home town, if you know it, and you can usually figure out what high school she went to. You can then plug this information into Facebook, and often get a list of every girl from that high school in that graduating class. Then it's a matter of patience as you scroll through each girl while you try to recognize one of their photos.
Smart girls won't have pictures of their face as their profile picture or otherwise publicly accessible on Facebook. If that's the case, you won't be able to recognize her from the list. To get around this you can use an active technique, and send a few random people from that graduating class a picture of the girl you are trying to stalk, asking if they know her.
This often works well for colleges too.
If a girl is not on Facebook, sometimes you can track down a copy of their yearbook from either high school or college.
Even figuring out what year a girl was born in can be very useful. With that in hand, you can usually narrow down her high school graduating class to one or two years. Combine that with her home town, if you know it, and you can usually figure out what high school she went to. You can then plug this information into Facebook, and often get a list of every girl from that high school in that graduating class. Then it's a matter of patience as you scroll through each girl while you try to recognize one of their photos.
Smart girls won't have pictures of their face as their profile picture or otherwise publicly accessible on Facebook. If that's the case, you won't be able to recognize her from the list. To get around this you can use an active technique, and send a few random people from that graduating class a picture of the girl you are trying to stalk, asking if they know her.
This often works well for colleges too.
If a girl is not on Facebook, sometimes you can track down a copy of their yearbook from either high school or college.
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