Victims of cyber posing urged to report incidents
UW-Eau Claire student faces recurring complications with stolen pictures on internet
Scott Hansen
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Campus News
Patchin said as soon as someone notices they are being cyberposed, they need to get evidence because it may be helpful down the line if legal action is necessary. Patchin recommended taking screen shots of pages or printing off actual pages that show cyber posing taking place.
"Hopefully, once more of these things do end up in court and people are held responsible, it will deter others from engaging in this type of behavior," Patchin said.
Although You has taken many steps to prevent further cyber posing from happening to her, it again became a problem in October. She received a Facebook message from someone she had never met before, asking if a MySpace page was hers when she didn't have an account. Shortly thereafter, You found out a Photobucket account had been created in her name with the same username she always uses, but one not a lot of people know.
"When I first found out someone was impersonating me … I realized social networking is definitely not safe," You said. "I had the privacy settings … but someone got into it that's not my friend and made this page … that scared me."
"Hopefully, once more of these things do end up in court and people are held responsible, it will deter others from engaging in this type of behavior," Patchin said.
Although You has taken many steps to prevent further cyber posing from happening to her, it again became a problem in October. She received a Facebook message from someone she had never met before, asking if a MySpace page was hers when she didn't have an account. Shortly thereafter, You found out a Photobucket account had been created in her name with the same username she always uses, but one not a lot of people know.
"When I first found out someone was impersonating me … I realized social networking is definitely not safe," You said. "I had the privacy settings … but someone got into it that's not my friend and made this page … that scared me."
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