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- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41http://www.benjaminkeen.com/software/data_generator/
- leftfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33Also works for messing with those Nigerian Scammers. =D
- P3ST4, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21sweet...next time i kill someone and need to change my identity, this sites gonna be more than useful
- wisie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20If only I knew about this when I was doing my database assignment. Very cool
- Tiak, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23... Wait... They charged for this?
Am I missing something that'd make it hard to be able to whip up a similar app within a few hours? (including getting census and map data). - Narwaffle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I am now George N. Darcy, a 52 year old man. God bless teh internets!
- ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Awesome...I really need this to populate a dev/test database (better than using Lorem Ipsum 123 Main Street, Anytown, USA). Dugg.
- lagrange, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Useful for test data, but I fail to see why anyone would pay for it.
- Azap, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Thats schweet "wait did I just support terrorism again" Dammit I gotta stop doing that
/sarcasm - thespy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Sure is useful, I too wish that I'd known about this when I was doing databases a few months back, then maybe it might've been slightly more fun! :)
- TrueXtremeIcon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Have you ever though of the possible bandwidth issues that occur if you were to query the database for either such a single large chunk of data or 20,000 times for a single instance, then compiling it into the file requested, and then emailed?
- AkatsukiNoTobi, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Just tried signing up for a few porn sites. Sadly it doesn't work. T_T
- kethraal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"20,000 x 100 bytes => 2mb gziped down to what? 400kb? Nothing special."
Right... but generating that many entries will take a fair amount of CPU time, especially considering that the info is valid (i.e. thus required DB lookups for the ZIp->State->City mappings, etc.)
His server would be a smoldering pile of wreckage before 100 diggs. - bakkouz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6i don't know, i'm almost positive this website was free all along.
- Amadeus2490, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm actually too afraid to try and sign up with anything using one of these names. Someone sign up for porn (as viperman5000 suggested) and see if it goes through.
- kevinmoore, on 06/13/2009, -0/+4@sumgi,
I can't imagine your IQ is higher than twenty points less than the median IQ of everyone here. - viperman5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This would be good for signing up for porn sites.
- shawnb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4the credit card numbers are not going to work on any sites.
From the FAQ:
"Credit card: We use Graham King's PHP credit card generator. This script creates a fake, but syntax valid, credit card number. The expiration date is randomly generated to be a date in the near future. We use inactive prefixes to ensure that these cards are not used for fraud. These credit card numbers do not reflect anyone's real credit card number."
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/faq.php - Defragged, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5One of my high school exam boards set us a database assignment a few years, for which we were provided an excel spreadsheet of fake names and exam scores. I have no idea who wrote these names, but I couldn't help but notice several Dragonball Z character's names adorning the list.
- permaband, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've also got something similar to this in the pipeline (had it sitting around for ages, just decided to try and finish it off once I saw the one at benjaminkeen.com). It's a random data generator written in Java that can do basically everything fake name generator can do. Not quite finished yet (need to finish off save/load, fix up the way data is being generated for a few things, generate emails/URL based on a name field, fix up a few bugs etc etc) but there's a screenshot of it up at http://www.davopedia.com/datamaker/ if anyone is interested.
- neuropsychguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That takes too long plus it would take forever to come up with, say, 500 names, addresses, etc. by hand. We have computers for a reason.
- drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here's a funny name generator Mike Vick used it
http://ronmexico.kainalopallo.com/ - grapetonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Great link! Many thanks!
- Veign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For Passwords:
http://www.maord.com/ - krinn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It'll be interesting to see how many of these fake names show up in databases like http://zabasearch.com http://privateeye.com and http://intelius.com
- KingMofo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Defragged: I once did a list like this myself, albeit simpler. Still, the most difficult part which was finding authentic names and surnames was actually quite easy. I remember just plucking a list of most common 200 surnames and a names at a statistics site online, and just generatin' away. 200 squared gives you quite a bunch of possibilities.
@junkmail82: why you would use this? Simple. Testing and fraud. I'll be upfront with you, some people will use it to commit fraud. But hey, is this actually information they couldn't otherwise obtain with just a bit of intelligent sleuthing?
But also, to anyone who's needed to display 20 address fields in a row in web design, they will know that 123 Apple Road repeated 20 times just doesn't cut it. That's why there's lipsum.org, and that's why this site is a gold mine too. - Alegis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It even has Belgium :o
Neat - manitoba98xp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nope, most countries have it. US = Social Security Number, Canada = Social Insurance Number, etc.
- IronChef, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yes thank you for this great link!
- mrfunkeye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, the Netherlands also has a SSN-system, called SoFi-number (Social Fiscal), its format is: 123456789
- tobsterius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't tell you how helpful this is. Thinking up names for characters is simply an impossiblity for me :/
- Jofaba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Awesome find and a definite Digg. The one thing I suck at as a writer is making up fake names. I'm still not sure yet if this is going to help but it's got to be better than opening the white pages to a random name.
- thomashallock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this + bugmenot
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That looks great! I started making one on c# a while ago and got lazy after it became useful to my work and quit.
Is it going to be free? Open source? Can I help you out? - maci01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Isn't using fake/stolen credit card information a federal (USA) crime?
- MrColdheart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This site was a lifesaver a few months ago when I got contracted to do a job and had to sign up 50 people a night for 5 weeks for about 6 months... easy ass money
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I knew this as i read it somewhere before
- shoook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't see much value in placebo identities. It's the internet, in most cases no one knows or cares who you are unless you want them to anyways.
- InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Just what we need. A source of fake names and data for spamming message boards and user forums.
- f00xx0riz3r, on 10/12/2007, -4/+420,000 x 100 bytes => 2mb gziped down to what? 400kb? Nothing special.
- Paii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are there any other ways to generate a valid security code to go along with the CC number. I checked out Bugmenot, but it appears that I need a URL in order to generate any information. I'm trying to create an ID for the apple store through iTunes. Normally you would need to enter real information, but I'm not looking to buy any media, I just want to use the "Get Album Artwork" feature that you need to be logged in to use.
Thanks - tofupimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2They are also nice for placing orders at the fake pharmacy sites I keep getting spammed about.
- GamingNews, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They're both great stuff. I'm not sure I'd have much of a use for a simulated cc though. Better to leave it blank. Places I work with would run verification and reject the whole process when the card failed.
- AlanHolcome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So America is the only country that gives it's people a social security number?
Hmm.. I never thought about that.
Do other countries have anything similar? National I.D.# maybe? Seems to Me that it would be necessary for bureaucratic red-tape ***** and other mainstays of a civilized society.
- Akari, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Wrong comment. =( Sorry.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Couldn't people just use thier brains to, ya know, make it up?
- Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Scary that a site can give out fake Credit card numbers and Social Security Numbers....It'l be taken down pretty fast.
- alger82, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I wonder if using this site will up my 'risk-level' score with the Dept. of Homeland Security. THANKS PATRIOT ACT!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1can someone please tell what this database can be used for?
- steal_apps01, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2how do i get a credit card security code
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