Final Post!
December 12th, 2011
So I just heard this crazy story from my roommate that relates to our research project of Facebook privacy perfectly. So one of her friends from back home has a Facebook, but found out somehow that someone is using her identiy on another Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, but with a different name. So the friend tried calling the police because the person is stealing her identity basically, but the police said there’s nothing they can do. That’s ridiculous. This impersonator is using her pictures, her life, her family, but all with a different name. Nothing is private on Facebook, or even the Internet. This is a scary reality check for many people. There are some crazy people out there. They could be using your identity right now.
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7:13 am - 2-28-2012
Wow,that post is like an eye-opener for me! I heard different stories of people getting your personal info and changing your password to facebook and your email,so you are unable to log in and I have had alarm bells set,butnow hearing about a whole new accounts using all of someone’s personal info makes me really worried, especially knowing that there are no laws against that. Hope that something will be done soon in that matter, since it is very common happening.