Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Let's see, 1 + 1 = Dumb
Joseph Wade Northington, 27, of Roanoke, VA went to North Augusta, S.C. last January. When he returned to Virginia he was visiting a friend. The friend recognized Northington as the man he saw in the media, as a suspect in a bank robbery in North Augusta. The authorities were notified.
Northington had a scar on his face and this was a match for the suspect. But what nailed him was MySpace. Northington updated his MySpace page to say "One in the head still ain't dead!!!!!! On tha run for robbin a bank Love all of yall."
He has plead guilty and is now facing a fine of $250,000 and prison for seven years to life.
In Phoenix, AZ Jonathan Hock, 20, has been arrested for sexual assault. The victim was his girlfriend of two weeks. She told police she had passed out and wasn't aware she had been assaulted, until friends of hers said they saw it on the internet. Hock had planted a webcam in her bedroom and drank with her until she passed out. He streamed the video of the rape to the web, and provided commentary about it. When the prosecutor says "film at 11" he means it and Hock will have a difficult time explaining this. The video has been taken down.
And last, remember years ago when email and voice mail users were cautioned not to provide a message of "I'm on a week of vacation and out of town" because it was like painting a target on their property? Israel and Noell Hyman were on their way out of town. Being Twitter posters, they posted messages like "preparing to head out of town," "another 10 hours of driving ahead," and "made it to Kansas City." Isreal now believes these messages were used as clearance for the burglars who stole his video editing equipment from their home in Mesa, AZ.
While many people do think about their email auto-response messages, voice mail messages and not allowing newspapers or mail to build up while they are out of town, they are not considering the affects of social networking.
Technology has to be used wisely. In the first two parts of this post, this was a great result. In the third part, users need to think outside of the box and consider what their messages may say to a thief.
Joseph Wade Northington, 27, of Roanoke, VA went to North Augusta, S.C. last January. When he returned to Virginia he was visiting a friend. The friend recognized Northington as the man he saw in the media, as a suspect in a bank robbery in North Augusta. The authorities were notified.
Northington had a scar on his face and this was a match for the suspect. But what nailed him was MySpace. Northington updated his MySpace page to say "One in the head still ain't dead!!!!!! On tha run for robbin a bank Love all of yall."
He has plead guilty and is now facing a fine of $250,000 and prison for seven years to life.
In Phoenix, AZ Jonathan Hock, 20, has been arrested for sexual assault. The victim was his girlfriend of two weeks. She told police she had passed out and wasn't aware she had been assaulted, until friends of hers said they saw it on the internet. Hock had planted a webcam in her bedroom and drank with her until she passed out. He streamed the video of the rape to the web, and provided commentary about it. When the prosecutor says "film at 11" he means it and Hock will have a difficult time explaining this. The video has been taken down.
And last, remember years ago when email and voice mail users were cautioned not to provide a message of "I'm on a week of vacation and out of town" because it was like painting a target on their property? Israel and Noell Hyman were on their way out of town. Being Twitter posters, they posted messages like "preparing to head out of town," "another 10 hours of driving ahead," and "made it to Kansas City." Isreal now believes these messages were used as clearance for the burglars who stole his video editing equipment from their home in Mesa, AZ.
While many people do think about their email auto-response messages, voice mail messages and not allowing newspapers or mail to build up while they are out of town, they are not considering the affects of social networking.
Technology has to be used wisely. In the first two parts of this post, this was a great result. In the third part, users need to think outside of the box and consider what their messages may say to a thief.
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