Here is a site that I can well imagine a lot of people are going to have a problem with. This site called Telephone Investigator’s Research System, or TIRS, was pointed out by @cji on Twitter today. My first reaction was “hey, that’s kinda cool”. That was until I started a little data mining on some friends in the US. I was a little surprised by the amount of data that it provided. It even goes so far as to allow you to see the caller ID.
Here is some info on the site:
Administrative Contact ID: IMG-868745
Administrative Contact Name: Zuxy Haiduc
Administrative Contact Organization: Zuxy Haiduc, LLC
Administrative Contact Address1: P.O. Box 26
Administrative Contact City: New Kensington
Administrative Contact State/Province: PA
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 15068
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.2062020202
Administrative Contact Facsimile Number: +1.2062020202
Administrative Contact Email: ****@zuxy.us
Administrative Application Purpose: P1
Administrative Nexus Category: C21
The site was registered in Sept ’08 but, this is the first time I came across it (thx @cji)
The funniest part was when I tried to view the CID for my test subject and received this (see below) as a captcha.
Appropriate, no?
So, what is your opinion on a site such as this? While I thought it was cool initially, the creepy factor is a little too high for me. Weigh in on the comments section.
What’s interesting is that most of this stuff for a land line, no one would be surprised to find – typical “white pages” public information. Most people assume this isn’t available publicly for their cell phones, but I guess that’s not the case.
It does let you delete records (just fill in another recaptcha), which is good if you go there and want your stuff removed. Curious about the site’s purpose/background/actual intent – just to drive affiliate fees to reversephonedetective.com? Mechanical turk for filling in recaptchas for people checking their own info and then wanting it deleted? Or just some public service to provide the info?
Very interesting. I had seen this posted on Twitter a week or two ago. The purpose of the site is what I find most intriguing right now.
Holy SHIT! And you have to PAY THEM to make the entry private??
what happens when you delete a number from the database?
@ann
Apparently it’s gone but, I’ve not seen away to confirm this. Nothing to say that it won’t pop back up in a week or so.
As someone who works as the online sales rep for a small business retailer, this site has been incredibly valuable to help identify credit card thieves. Every piece of reliable independent information source I can get a hold of makes my job that much easier.
@Franz
I would imagine that would be something for the card issuers to verify, no?
I found this site last year, and had no problem deleting my info from it with no charge. As a matter of fact, I deleted info for my family as well while I was at it. My info still shoes as “deleted.” Let’s hope it stays that way. The site appears to be offline now.
This site was invaluable to me for determining who was calling my cell phone and not leaving a voice message. I figure my cell phone is for my use only, and since I pay for it, I want to know who is invading my privacy by calling it and then not leaving a message, which is extremely irritating. Since I was easily able to delete my own information, I had no issues with it, and now I miss it.
i do not think anyone has the right to mine for info ..if it not there info. people do this with out consent or anyone knowing that are being spied on . WHAT HAPPEN TO OUR US BEING LEFT ALONE TO OUR OWN MADNESS .