BruceSchneier
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This is just awful.
Their troll -- or trolls, as the case may be -- have harassed Paul and Amy in nearly every way imaginable. Bomb threats have been made under their names. Police cars and fire trucks have arrived at their house in the middle of the night to respond to fake hostage calls. Their email and social media accounts have been hacked, and used to bring ruin to their social lives. They've lost jobs, friends, and relationships. They've developed chronic anxiety and other psychological problems. More than once, they described their lives as having been "ruined" by their mystery tormenter.
We need to figure out how to identify perpetrators like this without destroying Internet privacy in the process.
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Their troll -- or trolls, as the case may be -- have harassed Paul and Amy in nearly every way imaginable. Bomb threats have been made under their names. Police cars and fire trucks have arrived at their house in the middle of the night to respond to fake hostage calls. Their email and social media accounts have been hacked, and used to bring ruin to their social lives. They've lost jobs, friends, and relationships. They've developed chronic anxiety and other psychological problems. More than once, they described their lives as having been "ruined" by their mystery tormenter.
We need to figure out how to identify perpetrators like this without destroying Internet privacy in the process.
Continue reading...
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