IS Assginments

IS 3003 – Assignment 2 What’s in a Name? 100 points

Due: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 by 11:55 pm

· Assignments must be submitted through the assignment section on Blackboard – I will not accept assignments through e-mail

· You can type your answers directly into the Submission Box or you can attach them in a Word Document – they must be in Word in order to insure that I can open and read your file

· Make sure you answer ALL of the questions and be sure to note that sometimes there are multiple parts to a question

· Your answers do not need to be lengthy, but usually several sentences are required to adequately answer the questions

· Make sure you have actually answered what the question is asking

· Do NOT just cut and paste the information from the web site – make sure you answer in your own words!

· Do NOT wait until the last minute to access these web sites in case there are any technical problems accessing the sites – I will NOT extend the deadline.

QUESTION 1: Read the article, “What’s in a Name” posted at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/What-s-in-a-name-Quite-a-bit-3808075.php

· What is a doppelnamer?

QUESTION 2: go to http://howmanyofme.com/ Type in your name and view the results.

· How many people have the same first name as you?

· How many people have the same last name as you?

· Your last name is statistically the what most popular last name?

· How many people have the same full (first and last) name as you?

QUESTION 3: Why could this be a problem?

QUESTION 4: go http://publicrecords.searchsystems.net/ Type in your name and state

· How many people did it find?

· What information does it list for each name it found? (for example, one category is name/aliases)

· Do any of them look like they might be you? Why or why not? (Note: to get the actual report on any of these people you would have to set up an account and pay for it which I do not want you to do – but looking at the list of results is interesting!)

QUESTION 5: go to http://www.spokeo.com and enter your name and city. Scroll through the results on the left side of the page.

· Approximately how many names are listed?

· Can you find your name and street address? If so – click to see what it lists for you.

· What information does it say it might be able to provide about you (for example, e-mail, family members) if you sign up for their service? (Note: to get the actual report you would have to set up an account and pay for it which I do not want you to do – but looking at the list of results is interesting!)

· What do you think about sites like this one and the site in Question 4? Do you feel there are any privacy issues involved?