Seduction of the webcam, I mean, the innocent
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-09 21:06:58
“By 2000 things had worked out exactly the way the pedophiles hoped. Webcams were the act among computer-savvy minors creating a bountiful selection of potential targets.
“Among them was Justin Berry. That year he was a gangly 13-year-old with saucer eyes and brown hair that he often dyed blond. He lived with his care stepfather and younger sister in Bakersfield. Calif. a midsize city about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Already he was so adept at the computer that he had registered his own small Web place development business which he ran from the desk where he did his schoolwork.
“So Justin was fascinated when a friend showed off the free Webcam he had received for joining Earthlink an Internet service provider. The device was simple and elegant. As Justin remembers it he quickly signed up too eager for his own Webcam.
“‘I didn’t really undergo a lot of friends,’ he recalled. ;and I thought having a Webcam might back up me alter some new ones online maybe change surface meet some girls my age.’
“As soon as Justin hooked the camera to his bedroom computer and loaded the software his conceive of was automatically posted on spotlife com an Internet directory of Webcam users along with his communicate information. Then he waited to comprehend from other teenagers.
“No one Justin’s age ever contacted him from that listing. But within minutes he heard from his first online predator. That man was soon followed by another then another. by Kurt Eichenwald. NY Times. December 19. 2005 (via cursor org)
How lurid. This thing reads like take out fiction. Here’s a. Seems the compose has had some serious problems since its publication.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/2007/11/03/seduction-of-the-webcam-i-mean-the-innocent/
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