Tech It Like A Man!

In honor of Kathy Sierra, the Blogher community has announced that today should be is Stop Cyberbullying Day. I am all for it. I read the account of bullying and intimidation that was made public by Kathy herself. It was a courageous attempt at letting the world know that what happens on the Internet doesn’t stay on the Internet. This community is not one that is going to allow intimidation and scare tactics to overrun its halls. We will stand up for our rights to live without fear of cowards who hide behind anonymity.

I am one hundred percent behind the initiative to stop the cyberbullying. I have been a victim myself on more than one occasion. It seems that if you stand for anything, people will try to cut you down. Thanks to people like Kathy Sierra, we don’t have to just stand there and let them do it.

Edited to say that the idea originated here. Thanks for the comment and correction on that

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It’s nice to know that Google’s execs have been thinking. They are tightening the security of their search engine by deleting private information between 18 and 24 months from the moment it is entered into their databases.

Google is tightening its privacy standards a year after it became embroiled in a high-profile battle over the control of the user information that it had been stockpiling.

Hey, I am glad that they are finally coming up with a solution. A while back I was engulfed in the privacy initiative that Pound Privacy was promoting. I continued to use their idea and I guess that it has finally taken root in the corporate offices. Now, if the other search engines follow suit we can all be happy that we are less likely to be “found’.

Google promises more privacy – CNN.com

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The message is loud and clear. The courts will not hold Myspace accountable for the actions of individual parties that use the site. I have to say that I am not surprised. How can Myspace make sure that child molesters are not frequenting the lines? How can Myspace reach out from the Internet to make sure that kids and pedophiles don’t end up meeting each other? It’s not their responsibility. As I said before, it’s the responsibility of the parents to make sure their kids aren’t ending up in these predicaments. I can’t stress educating your children about the dangers of social networking and meeting in person enough!

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Myspace is finally being sued over safety issues. It has been a long time coming. Everyone has been buzzing over the issue of safety over social networks of late. Five teenage girls who claim sexual assault via men they met over the social network are in the process of claiming their due.

It’s only a matter of time before more teens come out with suits against Myspace. The problem isn’t Myspace, it’s the kids who are on it. If their parents and teachers would make them understand the consequences of meeting strangers in person that they met online in unsupervised circumstances, then the problem wouldn’t be so persistent.

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There is a new menace in town and it’s called SpoofCard. Recently I have been introduced to www.SpoofCard.com. It is a website that allows people to pretend to be someone else on the phone. You can change the caller ID display to say whatever you want, change your voice to sound like another person, and record your phone calls.

In some instances, phone call recording is a good thing BUT all these features that are made out for fun can be abused just as easily. You don’t even need a computer to use the service. You can just dial the 1-800 number, put in your information, set up your call, and away you go.

Two main points:

1.You have to buy a calling card from them in order to use the service.

2.Recording phone calls and changing your voice is free.

It’s a great way to get yourself thrown in jail.