Sue Montgomery reports on a case where some people are probably wishing there could be a death penalty: Daniel Lesiewicz used his computer savvy to hack into young girls’ computers, pose as someone they knew, then convince them to undress in front of their webcams. If they didn’t continue with his game, he threatened to…
Category: Youth & Schools
Upskirt Filmer Terrorizes Canadian University
Kashmir Hill has more on the news story out of Dalhousie where someone is surreptitiously videotaping females and uploading the videos to the web: … CBC News quenched my prurient thirst by revealing the culprit as YouTube user “LeggingSpy.” As the name suggests, he or she likes to surreptitiously film women in leggings. Due to…
U.S. Department of Education issues anti-bullying guidelines to schools
A student at Emory University told a fellow reveler at a fraternity party early Saturday morning that he was gay. In return, he was allegedly showered with anti-gay slurs and dragged out by his neck as onlookers cheered, according to the Emory Wheel. Though the incident is still under investigation, it has already prompted calls for…
UK: Privacy concerns will undermine welfare
Hmmm… I never actually posted this one after drafting it, it seems. So a few days later, but still of note: University is a time at which many people are trying to establish an identity for themselves in which they feel comfortable and secure. Particularly early on in their stay at university, individuals are acutely…