[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L3 Q5
- From: Eric W <eric_wohlfert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:12:56 -0800 (PST)
I agree with you completely. I have used sites like anywho.com to look up
people when I am looking into buying a car/truck or something to reverse lookup
the phonenumber to find out where the car/truck is located at. But if someone
wanted to use it for stalking it would be really easy. There are so many sites
out there that you can get a lot of information about people by just paying
like 10.00 bucks a month or something. Its kind of scary.
Bad Kitty <kat_badkitty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One of the societal issues I found interesting is Stalking. I had never
really thought of this as an issue before because the internet allows people to
be impersonal. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter. If someone wants to know
more about you they can find it, and can track where you are on the web, and
sometimes (even scarier thought) stalk you in real life after finding you
online.
I think people have really let their guard down online because sites say they
are secure or people think whoever they are talking to could never find out who
they really are. This is usually how people get stalked online. They start to
think they are safe from harm, when this is never the case with the internet,
or at least is not yet. You have to constantly be aware of your activities on
the internet and what information may be passed to others.
WiredPatrol has listed many questions and answers concerning "cyberstalking"
here:
http://www.wiredsafety.org/cyberstalking_harassment/cyberstalking_qanda.html
~Katrina
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people ot make it worth the effort." -- Herm Albright
kat_badkitty@xxxxxxxxx
Eric Wohlfert
"If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess
I'll just have to stop doing stupid things." - Homer Simpson
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