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.