Allen Lew's Thoughts » Opinion http://allen.alew.org My answer for "life, the universe, and everything" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The “danger” of Online Surveys http://allen.alew.org/2006/04/13/the-danger-of-online-surveys/ http://allen.alew.org/2006/04/13/the-danger-of-online-surveys/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:38:40 +0000 Allen Lew http://allen.alew.org/?p=54 finish reading The “danger” of Online Surveys Related posts:]]> So we’ve all done a few of those surveys and our friends do that too. But did you know those kinds of survey’s could lead to people *gasp* finding out our interests *gasp*, particularly *gasp* online predators *gasp*?

From a Dateline NBC article on Myspace:

Stafford: You dont think you gave him any private information?
Amber: No. I dont believe I did.
Stafford: But what did you find out about Amber?
Det. Dannahey: Her real name. Your birthday. And you have a 377– question survey in your page,
Amber: Oh! I forgot about that.
Det. Dannahey: … which if I really was a predator, that would be just the kind of information that could maybe years ago, take me months talking to you to get that kind of information.

*Dun Dun Dun* The survey exposed that girl to a predator. *Dun Dun Dun*

Alright all kidding aside, predators are serious business and teaching kids to protect themselves is important. But seriously, the way these kinds of shows make everything seem so dangerous (which I know has been going on for years so dont tell me that) is crazy. And then take a look at this sample profile that lists all the common mistakes of Myspace users, all the fun features are considered dangerous.

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Two weeks ago, the FBI’s chief information officer admitted that the bureau couldn’t afford to provide e-mail addresses for 8,000 of its 30,000 employees.

Looks like they should try to sign up for Gmail for your domain.

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