I don't understand why John would lied to his mother when she asked if people were going to be able to track him and find out who he is?
We do not know if John lied to his mother. At the time, he thought he was taking enough measure to protect his identity.
If people wanted to know who JT really is, all they have to do is pull resources together and... they would have to search for all 1967 cars sold in Tampa Florida (or all of florida) in the year John's mother said he did (which shouldint be too much), then follow all VIN #'s and use various websites like google or carfax.com
Actually, John could have sold his car between 1998 and 2001. I don't know if those records are accessible to the public. I'm not familiar with any search engines or how to search for that information. I've never seen it available.
I must point out that no one is every really interested in finding out who this guy is, they always use the excuse of " give his family privacy stuff... "?
MANY people want to find John Titor. Many have been trying to track him down for years.
He knew that he would become popular/famous, he knew many would follow the story and follow up on it. He made himself public they even wrote a book (and make money out of this), IT'S FAIR GAIN. Even today many websites and forums and other things only exist today because of JT.
No profit was made on the book. It was self-published and only a limited number were sold. I'm very familiar with self-publishing.
John had no way of knowing how famous/popular he would become. As I interpret it, according to
John's Youtube video, he was trying to become well-known on the Internet so his
Youtube message could be found easily by other Titors who needed help getting back home.
Y2K was already fixed by mid 1990's...
I disagree as I worked on Y2K problem with Local and Federal Officials, but I've already posted information on that, and not into debating the matter. It just comes down to differences of opinions.
All I want to know now is where are the people who want to really blow this case wide open ?
They are all over the Internet.