The dangers of Cyber-stalking
With the propensity of social networks on the Internet, it is so simple to cloak your identity and stalk someone who barely knew you. A 23-year-old woman was killed by an alleged “cyber-stalker.” Nimazay Aponte knew or probaly knew her alleged killer but she didnt know who he was.
According to reports, more adults are cyber-stalked and harassed because people forget that online users are simply “strangers.” Many teenagers are also engaged to online dating that triggers the exchange of personal information and mutual intimacy.
If you’re one of millions of Americans who visit sites like Facebook or LinkedIn and Twitter, you’re sharing more information about yourself than you realize. And it wouldn’t take long for a determined stalker to track you down.
“This is a phenomenon that’s with us to stay,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
“The Internet is a great place, but it is a vast billboard and don’t put anything out there that you wouldn’t put on a billboard on Route 80,” Aftab added.
If you do become a victim of cyber-stalking, three steps: stop responding to the sender’s messages, block their e-mail address and tell your boss or the police.
Authorities say more than a million women and nearly 400,000 men are stalked each year — many of them online.
