[pchelpers] Vigilantes on the web

    On the Web, Vengeance Is Mine (and Mine)

*By JOHN SCHWARTZ*

Published: March 28, 2004

OU can almost hear the spurs jingling.

Self-appointed sheriffs scan eBay and Yahoo auctions looking for fraud. 
When they find it - or at least when they think they've found it - they 
warn buyers or make outrageously high bids themselves in order to end 
the auction and prevent potential victims from falling into the trap. 
Elsewhere, private crusaders cruise Internet chat rooms for pedophiles 
and report their findings to law enforcement - or even expose them 
online. And hackers release programs into cyberspace that repair the 
damage done by malicious computer viruses.

more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/weekinreview/28schw.html?ex=1081141200&en=9a2e5340fc5644b2&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER

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