Can somone find out things about you just from an online photo and your first name?

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Online dating scenario.
Few messages, absolutley no personal info exchanged by me, except my first name telephone number and my online pics obvs.

First phone call with guy today. He says "so you're a ". I asked how he knew that as I didn't remember saying that in any messages and he said "I must've just known" as he scrolls back through our messages to find that no, I didn't tell him. "Well I just knew". He also clearly had an idea of the generic kind of work I sometimes do in my role (or at least those in my profession do, not me spefically)
I tried to do a google image search of a photo of myself, but it didn't reveal any details about me. My defunct linkedin profile is a different photo altogether but it does come up with my job title.
Isn't that a bit....funny?

In my dating days I would always absolutely stalk people online before I got to know them

Weeds out the wankers who lie about being married etc

It is very sensible to do this but very very sensible to make sure all of your social media accounts are utterly locked down so people can’t find out more than you want them to

I once asked someone where he had learnt to speak German until he told me he hadn’t told me that and I’d got it from stalking. Woops. Guy may have done that here.

Is your phone number on Facebook?

Your phone number can bring up your Facebook profile.
Also yes you can if he searched the area you live and your name, looked on images. He could have seen a picture of you .. works on Facebook and Google.

Oh and also - I once googled a guy’s phone number, it linked to him being secretary of a local cricket club years previously but told me his full name and location so then I could find every detail about him, work, address etc

Good idea to try and stalk yourself tbh

Is it a job that many people do? If he’s talking to a few women, he could have got you mixed up with someone else and by coincidence you do a similar job. Of course that doesn’t work if it’s a very specific job title but if you’re something like a teacher/ doctor/ lawyer, that might be it.

My FB profile is as locked down as it can be and I don't use my real name, I just googled my phone number and nothing identifiable came up,.
My profession isn't particularly common tbh.
It's probably not important, but I honestly think he'd never have 'guessed' my profession.

Good idea to try and stalk yourself tbh

Absolutely.

Not too long ago I wanted to find some information about a particular person for reasons. All I had at the time was her first name and a picture. It didn't take long for me to find out her full name, phone number, email address, and work/education history. Further digging led me to a username she frequently used, which then gave me insight into her viewpoints on various topics, personal problems, and even her general location (she had neglected to remove the EXIF data from a photo she posted on a public forum).

Bit of an extreme example, of course. But a bit of caution as to what you post online goes a long way.