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"Most ego surfers discover some piece of information about themselves that they had no idea appeared anywhere

"Most ego surfers discover some piece of information about themselves that they had no idea appeared anywhere. People have no idea how many times they turn up somewhere on the Web." - Gary Stock, a computer programmer who has developed a search engine called egosurf.com.

News monitor column compiled by Conor Pope. Computimes edited by Conor Goodman and Conor Pope

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