punky
10-18-2006, 01:17 AM
Bit worrying... Linky. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6059726.stm)
Paul Gibbons, 47, tracked down John Jones using details obtained online after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom, a court heard.
He travelled 70 miles to Mr Jones' home in Clacton, Essex, and beat him up with a pickaxe handle in December 2005.
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Det Sgt Jean-Marc Bazzoni, of Essex Police, added the case demonstrates the importance of protecting one's identity on the internet.
"Mr Jones had posted pictures of his family on the web and had chatted to Gibbons on an audio link," he said.
"It demonstrates how easily other users can put two and two together and also shows how children could also find themselves in danger."
Good reason to be as anonymous as possible on the net. There are psychos out there and personal information is a lot easier to find online than most people think.
Sheer level of violence and the reasoning for it too is very worrying.
Paul Gibbons, 47, tracked down John Jones using details obtained online after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom, a court heard.
He travelled 70 miles to Mr Jones' home in Clacton, Essex, and beat him up with a pickaxe handle in December 2005.
...
Det Sgt Jean-Marc Bazzoni, of Essex Police, added the case demonstrates the importance of protecting one's identity on the internet.
"Mr Jones had posted pictures of his family on the web and had chatted to Gibbons on an audio link," he said.
"It demonstrates how easily other users can put two and two together and also shows how children could also find themselves in danger."
Good reason to be as anonymous as possible on the net. There are psychos out there and personal information is a lot easier to find online than most people think.
Sheer level of violence and the reasoning for it too is very worrying.