Masha Borak reports: Since my personal information has been posted online, I get a lot of hidden phone calls,” said David, a victim of Hong Kong’s recent doxxing boom. David, an alias used to avoid bringing further unwanted attention, had his private information leaked on a website that targets Hong Kong protesters and anyone thought…
Category: Online
Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content
Reuters reports: A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content. The bill is likely to alarm advocates of internet freedoms, but the lawmakers say the legislation is needed to combat a wave of hoax bomb threats that have been…
Attacker pinpointed victim’s home from eye image posted to social media
This sounds like it should be fiction. Scary nightmare-inducing fiction. NHK reports: A man who attacked a woman working as a so-called idol reportedly located her home by using an image reflected in her eyes in a photo on social media. Twenty-six-year-old Hibiki Sato was indicted on Tuesday for attacking the woman in her 20s….
More Teenagers Mistakenly Think “Private” Chat Conversations Will Remain Private–People v. JP
Eric Goldman writes: This is a story of four teenage girls and one teenage boy. The girls use the aliases “7Up” (a/k/a JP, the defendant in this case), “Lady Gaga,” “Dream Ruiner,” and “Me.” The boy, called S, allegedly engaged in anti-social behavior towards some of the girls (pushing their books off their desks and…