Zen Surfing, Phone Calls and Boredom

Okay, so I get a call on my phone and the number ID says it is 8102509252, I have no idea who that is, so I do not answer because if they do not leave voicemail, it was not important. No voicemail.
I am bored, and no voicemail and a mysterious number, so I do what any self respecting geek would do, I google'd it.
Now I have some info:
John Nast (810) 250-9252 Genesee, MI 48437
Nancy Nast (810) 250-9252 Genesee, MI 48437
Not much really, a set of first names to go with the number, and a nonspecific address, hmm but they are in Genesee County, and the county clerk keeps online Vital Records birth/death/marriage… so I typed in last name and then found John and Nancy. There I found out that I may like these people as they clearly have a story to tell.
Instrument: 199312140000006 Volume Page: 93
Document Type: MARRIAGE LICENSE
Bride: NAST, NANCY KAY
Groom: NAST, JOHN EDMUND
Married: 12/14/1993
Instrument: 198608220000022 Volume Page: 86
Document Type: MARRIAGE LICENSE
Bride: PALMER, NANCY KAY
Groom: NAST, JOHN EDMUND
Married: 08/22/1986
They got married twice, bride has married name still from first marriage, a divorce followed by a remarriage? Man, that is cool! Must be true love.
So anyways, I google his full name and it is blah results, there have been several cool Nasts historically from painter to Thomas Nast “the father of American political cartooning”. But I digress in my zen surfing.
I try Nancy next, a google of Nancy Kay Nast and find a post from August 17, 2001 on genealogy.com where she is seeking information to add to her family tree. Now I discover that she and John have two children, Curtus Allen and Christopher Michael, and that both her parents are sadly deceased, but I think her mother had a cool name “Lois Elaine”. Ohh and Nancy has a hotmail address. Umm, 30 seconds later I am looking at an aerial image of their home.
Okay, at this point you should be afraid. I am. I am very afraid, I was not even really trying here. With concerted effort I could track down birth dates, death dates, addresses, education, employment, legal history, etc all from publicly available databases. Now ask yourself another question, why is being unlisted MORE expensive? Why do you have to pay to protect yourself from casual information gathering. I could do amazing social engineering on people based on their bloody phone number…BE AFRAID! While I am not a bad guy who would use this information to do harm, there are people out there who would in a heartbeat. I'd recommend writing your congressmen and demanding they strengthen the requirements to get credit in your name in this country (Like maybe a blood sample, but at LEAST a serious ID check and verification) not to mention which, I would recommend that you google yourself sometimes, just try it, it can be INFORMATIVE!
The last lesson is simple, if you call me, leave voicemail when I do not answer, or do not call me to begin with 🙂 BTW for $250 US, I will perform an exhaustive search based on whatever data you provide me, covering over 100000 datasets and search engines, but only on YOU. I can even show you ways to remove data you want removed (as long as it is not you being an ass, I will leave that) for a small fee heh!