How do I talk to a stranger on the internet without giving away my identity today?
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I use the *67 trick.  Maybe it will not work with your provider, I have Sprint.  Test this:  From your cellphone, call a number for which you can see the called ID, i.e. your home phone.  You will probably see your cell phone number on the screen.  Then, call it again, but this time dial *67 before you dial the number.  What do you see on the screen?
1125559
im bored but that doesn't mean i wanna chat w/ a complete stranger such AS yourself..............
59249
Hi Biggurl, \n\nHow are you? \nI hope that you are fine.\n\nPlease read my post at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006012803273&r=w for one of many ways on how to tell if somebody is online.\n\nHappy chatting.
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NO THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN CONTANCT THEM UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE. YOU CAN TRY TO ADD THEM THEN ONCE THEY ACCEPT YOU CAN DO THE NORMAL THINGS. SUCH AS COMMENT,MESSAGE AND SO ON...
730647
Add only people you actually know. If you want to meet strangers, just check out other people's profiles (and maybe even testimonials, so you can see if the person is being truthful or not) and base it on your own judgment.
1107952
You want someone to approach you with chatting less or what or do you want someone to chat less on the computer?\n\nIf it is the latter you can easily engage that someone in some other interesting activity preferably outdoor.\n\nand if your case is the previous one just go to your messenger option on the messenger toolbar and go to preferences and just add that someone's name to the ignore list. \n\nfor more specific answers be clear in your question!!!
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OH --- you can go to chatdanger.com also for safety info. BUT what I know is to NEVER: 1:Give your name. That makes it easier for them to know who you are. 2:Give your address, even your city. That is just pinpointing your location down, for them to find you. 3:Your email. They could constantly send you gross images and threatning messages, until you'll need a new email address. 4: or your phone-number. Then they would call you repeatedly, and you couldn't get them to stop talking to you.\nAlso, if you feel that you like someone as a friend over the Internet, DO NOT EVER meet them. They could ask you for a car trip, take you home, and do something not-good (normally this couldn't happen with other adults, though). There was a girl who wanted to meet someone over the Internet, so the guy she meet assulted her away from the public. Also, in MySpace the same thing applies with friends and communication.
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No such solicitations of a purely personal nature, or requests for e-IDs, are permissible in Yahoo! Answers’ Questions or Answers. \nThis is NOT a chat room, for seeking friends either !\nSomebody or other might even report you for abuse, and misuse !
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If this supposed username is a stranger and you did not contact him/her in any way, shape, or form, then do not respond to what he is telling you, whatever it is. If he is an aquaintance, then ask him yourself what it is that he wants you to do. There's a good chance that teh form, if it was online, did not work due to a disconnection of the site or your server.
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Yes, I may be able to help.\n\nGet in touch by private message in the first instance.
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anything that doesnt have your real name, towns name, schools name either. i know of a girl in our neighborhood who is having stalking problems from some weirdo that stumbled upon her site by accident and 'wants to meet her'... he's 20 years older...\n\nmyspace is great, have one too. just set it to private and no personal id info.\n\nwe gots to be careful out there girl...
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Do you have any contacts. If not, then you cannot IM with anyone. Also, the other person you are trying to IM needs to give you permission to see them online.
1007042
go to messenger menu -> my contact details -> add your nickname\n\nnow on when you IM someone he will see your nickname not your id
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go to yahoo messenger, log-in your yahoo ID & password, then go to chat...\nor better to ask assis to some body near you... :-)
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Depend on the version of your messenger. If you are using the latest version, it's easy. Move your pointer to a person's name who you like to appear offline to him, choose "you appear offline to this contact". Conversely, choose appear online to the contact you want yourself to be online to him.
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you can't be sure that information is true unless it is from an important site.\nIf you need facts, go to lots of sites and use the most common answer.\nBut it shouldn't matter whether a person says they are really who they are, because if you want to talk to someone it's not safe to do so on some random site.
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U can help, ANONYMOUSLY.\n\nNo one need know it was U.\n& DO IT RIGHT NOW!