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jagges84
Semper Gumby "Always Flexible"
LT's signing up on facebook as students...thats kinda shady. If ours did, I have no doubt there would by MANY Midn caught for underage drinking.
Yet another reason as an officer I will stop being facebook active, I dont want my subordinates thinking im Big brother.
Yet another reason as an officer I will stop being facebook active, I dont want my subordinates thinking im Big brother.
grnweenie said:
So instead of some wierdo in San Laredo spying on me, the wierdo nextdoor spies on me.
Oh, and when you graduate all the wierdos in your city get to spy on you, too. (And boy, are there a lot of wierdos here)
Fun times.
I treat it no different than my web page:
www.columbia.edu/~mmx1/
The very model of excitement, ain't it?
Good thing is, I have a buddy hosting my blog, so good luck googling for it.
Does anyone here know if the standard of reasonable doubt is the same for anonymous internet postings as it is for actual computer crime? In other words, does an IP address constitute an identification of the person posting, or is a more concrete link between that person and the computer content necessary?
For the regular use (non-anonymous) content on say, Facebook, I don't really see a problem for anyone aside from two instances: an overt political statement together with a public identification of military personel, i.e. "I'm a lieutenant in the Army and I hate ___ about an elected official", and, less likely, someone who is truly out to kill you based on your Facebook or other information. Aside from that, I'd say it's just as harmless as a personal ad in the newspaper, but then again, I'll bet that personal Google search history will be released regularly within a year, and there's no telling how many of us will be sent to prison immediately thereafter. Especially people looking for information on guns who inadvertantly link to hate-crime sites.
For the regular use (non-anonymous) content on say, Facebook, I don't really see a problem for anyone aside from two instances: an overt political statement together with a public identification of military personel, i.e. "I'm a lieutenant in the Army and I hate ___ about an elected official", and, less likely, someone who is truly out to kill you based on your Facebook or other information. Aside from that, I'd say it's just as harmless as a personal ad in the newspaper, but then again, I'll bet that personal Google search history will be released regularly within a year, and there's no telling how many of us will be sent to prison immediately thereafter. Especially people looking for information on guns who inadvertantly link to hate-crime sites.
And on that note, where is the burden of proof...could I defame someone by sending a member of Congress a faked website posting, prompting an angry investigation of all Airwarriors posts? Just for example, I'm really interested in the answer.
grnweenie
Registered User
Pretty much anything i put on Facebook is something that I would discuss with someone in small talk. Anyone could come up to me in class and gather this "useful" info about me. If someone is gonna stalk me over what bands I listen to or what bourbon I like to drink then go right ahead. Have a good time. My former stalker left me three months ago and I need someone to fill the void. http://uillinois.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1932046
I know for a fact in the Commonwealth of PA you can be charged on the basis of your IP address being used to commit a crime. The law makes you responsible for all actions committed through your computer.highlyrandom said:
It happened to a close friend last year (she was framed) and the results were scary... not only are the laws poorly written (very vague...) but there's an almost complete lack of technical knowledge at the local level from the police, to the prosecutors, to the judge.
(For the record, the DA's case was entirely circumstantial in regards to who was actually at the keyboard, something which was impossible to prove either way... but it didn't matter, they filed anyway and my friend had to either cut a deal or face 4 felonies in front of a jury of student-hating, computer-ignorant locals. Really shook my faith in the system because it was such bull****.)
Nah, just all that strange porn (SFW, don't worry) you looked up is going to be out there.highlyrandom said:
I figure the backlog caused by the upcoming google revelations will take 10-15 years to clear out... and by then there will be bigger fish to fry and everyone will just pay a fine and walk away.
If this does happen, it will be the death of Google. I'll never use their products again. It would have serious consequences for the internet at large too if the relatively anonymous nature of the network is changed.
Suffice it to say that the vast majority of people's activity on the internet can be traced back to them given the proper interest of competent legal/law enforcement authorities. There is ample case law that supports this and the "someone else was using my computer" defense has not proved a successful one in court. As for facebook, persons under the jurisdiction or employment of DoD (I.E. ROTC/BDCP folks) who are identified by officials (lurking OIs) to be engaging in illegal acts or otherwise service discrediting activities can be subject to all applicable laws and the UCMJ as appropriate. I think the bottom line should be that you should be comfortable answering for anything you place on the internet. Everyone talks about the SERE related cases, but I would imagine that most personal profile info would be relatively useless to an enemy captor. "Well, war criminal # 69, it says here that you like long walks on the beach and puppies. Ahhh Haaa! Looks like we have you now!" BFD, right? Just be smart about it and use common sense.
Brett
Brett
