[Hidden-tech] Email stalking...

[Tish Grier]

Hi David,

there's really no need to panic here.  This is something that happens often with any kind of online discussion group. It's hardly "stalking" and doesn't sound like a huge threat--only something that's disturbing to your mental state.  This is what you can do to protect yourself:

1. keep in mind this person is in Europe.  More than likely he/she will not be tracking you down or seeking to harm you physically.  So don't worry about that.

2.  Save all the email that has come in so far in a separate folder.  You may, at some point, want to look back at them for a laugh.

3.  Block the person from emailing you.  This is far easier than tracking him/her down and reporting them to their email provider. 

4.  Block any other abusive email that comes to your account.

5.  There probably aren't a cadre of people looking up things--just the one person.  Once you block that person, then you're fine. 

Unless your site gets hacked (this happened to a friend over 10 years ago, when it was easier to do so) or you hear something from someone who knows you well, consider it just a big nasty batch of negative energy and get rid of it in the best way possible.  It's about protecting yourself, not about creating more bad energy.

Best,
Tish Grier
Chief Community Officer
Placeblogger.com
and Soc. Media Consultant.

--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Tom / Reelife Productions <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tom / Reelife Productions <tomadams at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Email stalking...
> To: "B. Kimo Lee" <bklee at azurelink.com>
> Cc: "David F.Farkas" <david at farkas.com>, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 10:23 AM
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> 
> I just mean any discussion
> (including this one)...could be viewed by anyone who really
> wants to find it...
> -t
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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM,
> Tom / Reelife Productions <tomadams at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> and
> remember this list and all its discussions can be accessed
> by anyone in the world  ...so, i'd take it all offline
> from this point on...
> t
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> On Fri, Apr 17,
> 2009 at 8:17 AM, B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com>
> wrote:
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>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
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> 
> Hi David,
> You haven't disclosed the nature of the
> dialogue that led to this problem, so it's hard to gauge
> a proper response. That aside, depending upon whether you
> are in some kind of danger -- which may require some kind of
> professional investigation -- I recommend total
> disengagement. No further communication of any sort in
> either direction for any reason. You definitely will want to
> have your ISP blacklist each email address that she creates
> and hope that she gets tired of the hassle and gives up
> after a while. But you may ultimately need to change your
> email and hope that it stops there.
> 
> 
> Of course, you could just ignore it and wait it
> out for several months. Just resist any urge to engage --
> even to smooth things over.
> Good luck,Kimo
> 
> 
> 
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>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
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> 
> I posted a comment on a mailing list which led an
> apparently unstable person to harass me with emails. She
> seems to be in Europe and is having people in the US look
> things up about me. Then she throws them into the emails in
> attempts to goad me into responding. So much for freedom of
> thought and expression, eh?
> 
> 
>  
> Thanx for listening. 
> 
> Here is the question. She has an email address at HotMail
> which appears to be her name. Any suggestions on whether I
> can get MicroSoft to shut down her email account or any
> other strategies for an email stalker?  All I know is that
> she is a PhD somewhere in Europe.
> 
> 
>  
> Are we having fun yet?
> Thanx for whatever suggestions or insight you can provide
> David
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