MySpace article on Wired News
Last Friday I plugged my San Francisco zip code into California's Megan's Law directory. I got back sixteen names. I searched for each one on MySpace.com. The 7th one was a match--name, photo, age, location. I was surprised. This had taken all of a few minutes. How many more were out there?
The resulting story is published on Wired News today. I've tried to write a balanced, thought-provoking piece that, rather than sensationalize, uses this example to illustrate the enormous challenges a Web site like MySpace faces in balancing safety and privacy, legality and public relations.
[LINK to story & LINK to sidebar]
The resulting story is published on Wired News today. I've tried to write a balanced, thought-provoking piece that, rather than sensationalize, uses this example to illustrate the enormous challenges a Web site like MySpace faces in balancing safety and privacy, legality and public relations.
[LINK to story & LINK to sidebar]
1 Comments:
Wow that is crazy. I dont know if alerting everyone is a good idea. If everyone knows, then they wont put thier real names...at least this way they have a chance at catching them in the act? But thats just my opinion.....
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