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Originally posted by NoLa
Not everyone on the internet is a psycho. You just have to be very cautious, and pick and choose who you meet carefully.
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Exactly. Not to say your mom's concerns aren't unfounded, but, yeah, she's definitely a little overzealous in her application of attributes to internet users. For example, I'd be comfortable giving my phone number if it were useful or necessary to any of the mods here...because I have gotten to know them a fair bit in the time I've been at this site. Some stranger though, no way.
I trust that you probably considered the same things before giving this person your number. Remember though, it's not true that they couldn't find out where you lived based on your phone number. It's very easy to use a phone number to find the exact address it goes to.