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I have a disturbing but fictionally true short story of a writer who exposed her true identity on the World Wide Web. The story was originally a poem, but I have converted it to prose so it appeals to even the most illiterate.
Donna and the internet encounter
Donna was a prominent blogger. A legal resident of Tuskawawnee, New Jersey, Donna was more so a member of Blogger. Blogger is an internet construct and tool. Donna began blogging and constructive journalism when she reached her thirty-first birthday. She became an internet phenomenon in what seemed like an instant. Donna's blog, "The life story of Donna Robertson, the woman at 12 Milesview Lane, Tuskawawnee, New Jersey 02492," swept the globe, entrancing people of all ages and cultures. Her story was translated into twenty-four languages by a prominent linguist. It was a dream come true.
With Donna's dreams rapidly becoming tangible, she never guessed that so would death. It was the night of October 12, 2006, an eerily calm night when prominent psychopathic serial killer Charles Manson had just escaped out of a federal prison in New Jersey. Manson had become intrigued by Donna's blog after her butler became Manson's cell mate (he had be incarcerated on thirteen counts of bestiality), and upon his escape on that October night, he instantly began the trek to meet the one and only Donna Roberton.
At about 12:31 AM on October 13, Manson sneaked into Donna's basement through a window that her cat had previously urinated on.
Several minutes later, a blood-curdling scream shot through the Tuskawawnee neighborhood and, because of Donna's prominence, throughout the world. Manson had beheaded Donna for condescending psychopaths on her blog. He also ate her cats.
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Donna's backyard in Tuskawawnee. http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/2008/09/large_Delaware-Threat-2-156.jpg |
What this means for you and me
We have to be careful on the internet. We can't talk badly about people in the open, especially if they have violent tendencies. I've developed a list of steps you can take to protect yourself when using nonprivate internet facilities, like Blogger.
- Create an alias for yourself. Let this become your internet name and only tell your real name to people you know, trust, and see in person.
- Stay away from dating sites.
- Keep your distance from federal prisons.
- Do not mention controversial topics like Donna did. These can range from cat hoarding to sodomy.
- Keep your activities professional. Fools feast on error.
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Prison fights like these show how important it is to avoid federal prisons, both on the inside and out. http://thenormanomicon.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mag-1286198736.jpg |
Now, to address the scrutiny that I've faced. My name has popped up on various blogs and live conversations. Why? What's wrong with having an identity? And what's wrong with not openly connecting it to my legal identity? Wouldn't that destroy the purpose? The Administrator Phenomenon would come tumbling down to the ground. Here are some things that have been said. Most offenses have been rectified by lectures from the Administrator Phenomenon Foundation on internet safety.
- "Since anyone with an alias has their identity concealed, they may be encouraged to put inappropriate things on the Internet, foolishly thinking they might not get caught." Last I checked, there's nothing here that's inappropriate.
- "Please identify yourself...in your blogs. At least to me and others who may be following you. Who, for example, is 'Administrator?'" The Administrator Phenomenon was clearly not properly understood at the time of this comment.
- "The only reason you would use an nickname is if you wanted to rape someone." I cannot openly criticize the person who said that, as chances are they'll see this post. But, to keep it brief, this is an incredibly false statement.
- "Administrator is a selfish name choice." Can someone please explain this to me? An alias is a choice, and should not be shaped by others. I've seen everything from Alfred Tikzengreiber to Anus Poison. They're all good!
- "Administrator is to harsh in his or her comments." The statement is nullified by the severe grammatical error: "to" should be "too."
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Alfred Tikzengreiber, the operator of several prominent blogs. http://www.alfredtikzengreiber.com/ |
I leave you all now in a final push towards safety. Protect yourselves, your families, your friends from the beasts of the internet. Create an alias now!
-Administrator
I do agree with you that we should all try to protect ourselves on the internet and while an alias may be a good idea, I think Donna is a bad example. How many people really put their addresses on their blogs? That is just asking for trouble in my opinion. I don't even put my phone number on Facebook and I know of my friends on there personally. I think the majority of people (even incompetents) would not be that careless in giving such important information away. I think it is perfectly acceptable to use your real name on the internet, just don't give away information that would make it easy to track you down, such as your address.
ReplyDeleteOh Kinley, what a naïve thing to say. But it's okay, most people would say the same exact thing! The reality of the matter is that Donna is an excellent example, and now more than ever. Within the past few years it has become possibly to track someone based on their web activity. A hacker or anyone else with sufficient programming skills or resources could essentially find the location of any user on a site like Blogger or Twitter. It's really scary. Anyone could come to your house and confront you, but chances are that won't happen. Statistically hackers are physically too incapable of defeating a household of potentially armed people. The bigger threat is fraud and identity theft. The implications aren't usually death, but things close to it! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518480,00.html
DeleteOkay, I see your point but the fact is that someone like Charles Manson is not an expert computer hacker and probably does not have enough motivation to try and track someone down if he only has minimal information on them. I think the real problem here is that people should not outwardly ridicule specific groups of people on the internet like Donna did. We should all accept each other and celebrate our differences!
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DeleteI also agree with you that people should attempt to protect themselves on the internet. The reality is that most people do not and they don't think before they put things on the internet, especially on social networking sites like facebook and twitter. The example of Donna is a bit extreme in my view, but it does get your point across. Also, I have noticed that you, Administrator, also protect yourself by changing the location from where you post from to ensure that nobody can track you down. Atleast, that is what I am assuming, unless you have traveled around the world multiple times in the past few weeks. Yemen, Iran, Colombia and Mexico aren't the safest places though.
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