Talking about cyberstalking, Al Gore said, "Make no mistake. This kind of harassment can be as frightening and as real as being followed and watched in your neighborhood or in your home."
That was in 1999, when Gore was vice president. In retrospect, this era was practically the Stone Age when it comes to the Internet: No Facebook, no MySpace, no texting, no tweets, no Blackberry phones. Heck, people thought instant messaging was cool back then. Now? IMing is the equivalent of the eight-track tape.
With the incessant on-line boom, this brand of stalking has replaced waiting outside of someone's apartment building for them to get home or bombarding him/her with an ever ending stream of phone calls, letters, cards and unwanted gifts. Cyberstalking has been making headlines all over the world the last couple of days, ever since Facebook CEO and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg got a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda.
That was in 1999, when Gore was vice president. In retrospect, this era was practically the Stone Age when it comes to the Internet: No Facebook, no MySpace, no texting, no tweets, no Blackberry phones. Heck, people thought instant messaging was cool back then. Now? IMing is the equivalent of the eight-track tape.
With the incessant on-line boom, this brand of stalking has replaced waiting outside of someone's apartment building for them to get home or bombarding him/her with an ever ending stream of phone calls, letters, cards and unwanted gifts. Cyberstalking has been making headlines all over the world the last couple of days, ever since Facebook CEO and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg got a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda.
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