Stalking on the web

Facebook Stalking is a web expression which describe the fact of getting information on a facebook profile without the agreement of the user. This is mix between spying somebody and harassing him. Some students do It in order to know private things about their mates. It happened that teachers did it to punish students who displayed forbidden practices on their profile such as drinking alcohol on a campus.

This term could also be used concerning all the people that get information on profiles such as on myspace, meetic etc.

Stalking is a big issue because it concerns people’s privacy on the web. In the USA there are laws about cyberstalking. Portecting privacy is quite difficult because pirates always find ways to circumvent security systems.




I think that the more secured personal profiles will be, the more accurate cyberstalkers will get. Furthermore, people put their profile on the web for only a few people. But how can they control the visit of people they don’t know ? This seem impossible unless having a secured access, only for friends. But restricting an access is also closing it to anybody else, including innocent and interesting people. The debate is hard.