MYSPACE 2: Important Update: EVERYBODY PLEASE READ! This could effect YOU!

I just recieved some more info about the MY SPACE dangers. I found out exactly how thieves are locating houses by using MY SPACE combined with a second awful site.
When you sign up for "Your Space" you enter the following information:
Name, Age, City & State, Zodiac Sign, height, build, children's info, hobbies, marital status and occupation. You may think that this information is innocent but it is not AT ALL.
There is another web site called "zabba.com" this site is a free search engine used to locate addresses & phone numbers (Even Unlisted #'s!) of anybody worldwide! All the person needs is your name. If they can enter your city as well it will help narrow down the amount of people they have to search through. However, since YOU listed your birthdate or age or your zodiac sign on MY SPACE, finding out which "Bob Jones" you are will be a breeze.
Once they have determined your address they cross reference this with your occupation listed on MY SPACE. If you are a "Hot Single, Night Shift Bartender at Lucky's" they all ready know when you are not going to be home.
Parents are even using MY SPACE as a way to show friends their pictures of their lovely children - BAD IDEA. Any thieves or predators can now stalk your family from the privacy of their own home.
If "Your Space" says you "have two sons - ages 4 and 8 who are honor roll students at Parker Elementary", this tells thieves that when you are not home, nor are they.
You can even reverse the rolls - parents, your children can say, "My mom works at the dentist office and my dad works at ford".
Here's a little more IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT about Zabba.com
whether it is cross referenced with MY SPACE or not, you can use it to find out some ones name, address, phone number, PARENTS NAMES, MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME, GRANDPARENTS ans every place your family has lived. This is very scary. I didn't believe it. I entered my name and EVERYTHING listed appeared. Even how many criminal violations I have had (traffic tix).
I want to see if there is a way to get removed from the list. I was told that if you sign up for things on the internet you MUST read the fine print before you submit your info. I was told that sites can sell your presoanl information to third parites, zabba.com could easily be buying this info.
If you are interested in seeing EXACTLY what I have been talking about, I went to MY SPACE and found a perfect example of a profile. Here's the link (Please copy and paste the entire link into your browser.):
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=47386876
******This is 29 year old woman. She innocently posted many pics of her children, husband to be and her self. She EVEN writes: "I spend my weekends watching my kids play soccer, basketball or baseball. I like to talk on the phone to anyone who will listen. I love to lay in bed all day on a Sunday and watch MTV with Mike."
If anybody has more information about zabba.com or MY SPACE plase send it to me.
HERE'S THE LINK, try it for yourself:
http://www.melissadata.com/cgi-bin/peoplefinder.asp
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Thanks for great info.
This is the best tip I have heard all day. We need to pay attention to things like this.
Wow, just wow.
It is really amazing how much "innocent" information can get you into big trouble. Seems to me like more people need to stop and think like the criminal for a sec. when they post this stuff online and ask themselves "am I giving away too much". I tried to check out the zabba.com website but I couldn't find it in a google search, hopefully this means the site has gone down. All I know is, the only people who need that much info on me are the ones doing a background check, because they arn't allowed to do anything with the info but determine if you get the job, or the security clearance.
Important Link Just Added
I just added the direct link to the free people search site that I discussed in this article. Please try it. You'll be shocked.
http://www.melissadata.com/cgi-bin/peoplefinder.asp