In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world?
It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”
What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?
What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?
How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?
This is serious because it means that someone has hacked into another person's account and this situation could become worse since the hacker can say things to the person's friends and everyone will think that their friends are insulting them so the people will be hurt and they will blame the "victim." I think the victim should delete their MSN account so nothing serious happens. But if there is no hacker and it is really the person themselves, they could deny it easily. So if the person is really saying these things, then they should go ahead and say it and not just pretend they didn't say anything. I think Russell, Catalina, and Elliot from the Revealers would send out another Revealer with a story saying that they have been hacked. Then if the hacker is at school and actually reads the Revealer and finds out about the story, they might possibly stop if they are scared of being investigated and found out.
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Are you done blogging, because I'm going to comment!
This is my answer so far.
I agree with your answer!! But if the "hacker" was actually the person themself? They could be faking it. Don't you agree with me?
The person can be saying something bad about others. At school, they will be able to deny it very well. No one has any proof. The person could say something like, "Yeah, I couldn't get into my account last night! I knew something was wrong." As a good excuse.
If it was really a hacker, would he/she really know the names of the people in the conversation?
This response is only for the blog posted on the 19th of November. This might be changed if you change your blog answer.
See you later.
-Belle, Block F
Ah, you edited it!
Here is my next response.
Yes, you are truly right! The hacker can deny it. Good idea on relating it to Russel, Elliot and Catalina in the Revealers. I'm sure the hacker will be scared if there is one edition of the Revealer about him/her.
It is easy to deny something when you're using a computer, typing. It's harder to deny a crime when you're actually facing the prosecutor. That is why Cyber Bullying is such an easy thing to get away with. The criminals are smart. The bullies are vile.
Watch out!
-Belle, Block F
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