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The Compass Blog | Digital Identity and People Search | Spokeo The official Spokeo blog covers topics such as digital identity, consumer protection and privacy, how to avoid scams and catfishing, and more.
- The unofficial state dishes in the US most fiercely defended by locals
by Trevor Mahoney on August 20, 2026 at 11:08 pmAsk any American what they think the best dish is, and you’ll likely get an emphatic response about some local joint that makes top-tier food. It could be a regional delicacy that you just have to try or a local comfort food you won’t find anywhere else.
- The DNA discovery boom: How at-home tests are rewriting American family trees
by Trevor Mahoney on August 20, 2026 at 10:45 pmTen years ago, finding out you had a half-sibling two states over took something dramatic, like a deathbed confession or a box of letters someone forgot to burn. Now, it arrives as an email notification.
- An Inside Look at How College Students Think About and Use AI
by Phoebe Neuman on August 19, 2026 at 6:40 pmThere are plenty of hot-button issues on college campuses as students go back to school this fall, but perhaps the biggest of them all is artificial intelligence. Some reports claim…
- Opportunity Has Paperwork: Fall 2026 Spokeo Scholarship Runner-Up Maleah Wilson on Agentic AI as an Interpreter of Institutionsby Spokeo on August 18, 2026 at 9:39 pm
Maleah Wilson, the Spokeo Scholarship runner-up, argues that the future of agentic AI lies not in automation but in enhancing interpretive understanding within complex institutional systems like education and law. By integrating AI to facilitate real-time comprehension, the gap between opportunity and accessibility can be narrowed, making systems more navigable for everyone.
- Holding the Thread: Fall 2026 Spokeo Scholarship Winner James LeeWarner Maxwell on Agentic AI and Medical Diagnostic Continuityby Spokeo on August 18, 2026 at 9:23 pm
Spokeo highlights the achievements of James LeeWarner Maxwell, a Biophysics pre-med student, as he is awarded their scholarship. In his essay, he advocates for an autonomous diagnostic agent that maintains continuity in patient care, reducing delays in medical diagnoses. His vision stems from personal experience with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and aims to improve healthcare outcomes using AI.
- The states where people have lived in the same house the longest, and the ones where people are on the move
by Trevor Mahoney on August 13, 2026 at 4:39 pmIn 2024, just 11.2% of U.S. households relocated, the lowest mobility rate since the Census Bureau began tracking the measure in 1948. That works out to about 14.8 million households changing addresses, which is a fraction of the movement seen even a decade ago.
