Me and a pal were out at a pub last night and she was being chatted up and getting on very well with a man. She only got as far as getting his first name and the sort of job he does though. He doesn't do Facebook etc.
As he's asked her to go to the pub again next week we tried to do some digging. It's always good to know who you're talking to. Employers do it so us ladies should do it imo. Found one of his friends on Facebook because he'd "liked" a post the pub had put. This friend keeps nothing private. We delved back a good while and found photos of chat up man with his wife and family in group photos. His friend had put chat up man's surname in another photo too.
A quick Google led us to chat up man's Linkedin, showing his current employer.
Chat up man obviously thinks he's safe and untraceable; but due to a slip up by his friend we found him in ten minutes.
At least she's found out he's taken and so won't waste her time. It's a good job she's not a bunny boiler too, who could easily turn up at his place of work to stalk him.
It just goes to show that there are still dumb people out there who do not think about privacy settings on social media.