This is one of those stories that pops up every so often. People thinking the internet is a private place... I really don't get it. You want to post pictures of yourself drinking underage, write stories about vandalism etc and are surprised when it bites you in the ass? I mean seriously, if I started posting flyer's around town with my address and pictures of me committing crimes I'd expect action to be taken. The real surprise to me is more isn't being done by law enforcement to search these giant public databases.
Really, what you see here is a business opportunity. Write a software program that reviews social networking sites looking for illegal activities. Then sell the reports to various law enforcement agencies. Sure the FBI and CIA could do this for themselves and probably do, but your local law enforcement agency doesn't have that kind of capital nor access to the FBI and CIA for searching out the local graffiti artist.
PS. Don't forget that recruiters are looking at your facebook and myspace pages too. It might be time to purge those old frat and sorority party pictures.
Friday, October 5, 2007
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