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  Fugitive Using Facebook to Taunt Authorities With Constant Updates

  JP 12:53 am on December 25, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Caribbean (4), Craig (3), England, facebook (160), flipping the bird (2), lazie (3), nbsp (1,002), prison (3), Read (820), Suffolk (3), venison steak (2)

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  If you’d managed to escape from prison, one would assume constantly updating your Facebook status with what you’re doing and where you are, for the express purpose of taunting the authorities, would be the last thing you’d do. Craig “Lazie” Lynch, however, appears to be unconcerned with notions of “proper” fugitive behavior, and is logging on and signing in.

  This past September, the convicted burglar escaped from an open prison (a low security prison that “trusts” inmates to serve their sentences) in Suffolk, England. Ever since, Lynch has been a prolific Facebooker, updating regularly about parties he’s attending (including the neighborhood one event was in), indulgent lunches he’s enjoyed (”mmm I just had a 12lb venison steak”), and even gloating about how warm and cozy his home is (”it felt like the Caribbean in the bedroom”). Even Lynch’s profile picture has been updated to taunt his pursuers, with him leaning in close to the camera and flipping the bird.

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  Fugitive Using Facebook to Taunt Authorities With Constant Updates originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Fugitive Using Facebook to Taunt Authorities With Constant Updates

  JP 12:53 am on December 24, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Caribbean (4), Craig (3), England, facebook (160), flipping the bird (2), lazie (3), nbsp (1,002), prison (3), Read (820), Suffolk (3), venison steak (2)

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  If you’d managed to escape from prison, one would assume constantly updating your Facebook status with what you’re doing and where you are, for the express purpose of taunting the authorities, would be the last thing you’d do. Craig “Lazie” Lynch, however, appears to be unconcerned with notions of “proper” fugitive behavior, and is logging on and signing in.

  This past September, the convicted burglar escaped from an open prison (a low security prison that “trusts” inmates to serve their sentences) in Suffolk, England. Ever since, Lynch has been a prolific Facebooker, updating regularly about parties he’s attending (including the neighborhood one event was in), indulgent lunches he’s enjoyed (”mmm I just had a 12lb venison steak”), and even gloating about how warm and cozy his home is (”it felt like the Caribbean in the bedroom”). Even Lynch’s profile picture has been updated to taunt his pursuers, with him leaning in close to the camera and flipping the bird.

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  Fugitive Using Facebook to Taunt Authorities With Constant Updates originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Sick Social Networkers Raise Ethical Questions For Docs

  JP 12:52 am on December 5, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: amp nbsp (6), doctor patient confidentiality, England, nbsp (1,002), Networking (45), Read (820), Social (12), social networking sites (36), U.K. (23)

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  Doctors are definitely familiar with disturbing public stalkers, the annoying breed who feel the need to disrupt parties and private moments with disgusting queries of “Does this look infected?” A new type of hypochondriac has become so concerning, though, that officials in England have been forced to issue a public warning to people in the medical profession.

  The U.K.’s Medical Defense Union recently cautioned medical workers about people who inappropriately contact and proposition doctors through social networking sites like Facebook. Doctors not only face ethical threats from such infatuated social networking sickos, but networking sites could also lead to the leakage of confidential patient information. Despite at least seven years of higher education, apparently some docs haven’t yet figured out how to adjust their privacy settings.

  So, doctors face a moral and ethical dilemma, as some say it would be inappropriate to not respond to patients. But engaging in those discussions, which is definitely more effective than directing someone to a diagnosis Web site, could also lead to breaches of doctor-patient confidentiality. It seems then that doctors have a significant amount of research on Web behavior to conduct, just like every other modern occupation. Welcome to the Internets, doc. [From: The BBC]

  Sick Social Networkers Raise Ethical Questions For Docs originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Woman Uses Facebook to Track Down Attacker

  JP 12:54 am on November 25, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Dodge (2), England, facebook (160), Hertfordshire, Holliman, Jennifer Wilson, long scar, nbsp (1,002), pint glass, Read (820), social networking site (36), Wilson

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  When regular old police forces can’t hunt down an evildoer, Facebook, like Batman, is there.

  The social networking site swept into crime-fighting action recently when the victim of a brutal attack used it to track down her assailant. The Telegraph reports that, on the night of March 20th, 20-year-old Jennifer Wilson, of Hertfordshire, England, was at a nightclub when another woman, Ashleigh Holliman, slammed a pint glass into her face for no apparent reason. Police who arrived at the scene found much of the evidence to have been cleared away by the club’s staff members, and weren’t able to sufficiently identify Holliman in security tapes. The club’s bouncers had been unable to apprehend Holliman, who wasted no time in getting out of Dodge. Wilson, who got an inch-long scar from the incident, decided to take matters into her own hands — with the help of Facebook.

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  Woman Uses Facebook to Track Down Attacker originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Thieves Steal Half-Mile of Copper, Kill Landline Service for Hundreds

  JP 12:55 am on November 4, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: cable (3), copper, copper cable, England, nbsp (1,002), professional thieves, Read (820), work uniforms

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  A gang of what must have been highly trained, professional thieves, or just a crew of unruly roustabouts, reportedly stole a half-mile length of underground copper tubing in Alfriston, England. According to the BBC, the removal of the cable early Wednesday morning resulted in the loss of landline phone service for 800 local residents and businesses.

  Officials believe that the perps dressed in what appeared to be road-crew work uniforms, accessed the cable through manholes, and then pulled up the heavy and “extremely dangerous” live cable using a vehicle of some sort. Actual workers replaced the cable and restored phone service by Thursday night at an estimated cost of almost $75,000.

  Officials with phone provider British Telecom said they offered to divert calls to people’s mobiles, but did not address how many actually took them up on the offer. There has also been no word from the people affected, which poses the philosophical question, “If a gang yanks up a long, heavy copper cable with a car, but no one uses landlines anymore, do the thieves make a sound?” Or, will anyone even notice? [From: The BBC]

  Thieves Steal Half-Mile of Copper, Kill Landline Service for Hundreds originally appeared on Switched on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Man's Criticism of Actor Stephen Fry Draws the Wrath of Tweeters

  JP 12:55 am on November 4, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Alan Davies (2), Birmingham (3), England, Joe (6), junior high schools (2), nbsp (1,002), place (3), Read (820), Richard (2), Stephen Fry (4), Twitter (122)

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  These days, more verbal smackdowns take place on Twitter than do at junior high schools. Of course, these might go unnoticed if the people involved weren’t, in many cases, celebrities. Some of these “Twitter Wars” are funny, but some feuds get downright nasty. But it’s not just celebrity-on-celebrity disputes that are taking place in the Twitterverse. The beauty of the site is the ability for an average Joe to directly communicate with famous folks — for better or worse.

  For example, a man from Birmingham, England named Richard (who tweets as brumplum) recently posted what he thought was an innocuous tweet about Brit writer and actor Stephen Fry, only to see it result in a social-networking firestorm. According to The New York Times, it read, “Much as I admire and adore the chap, they are a bit … boring,” in reference to Fry’s musings. Not only did many of Fry’s 934,000 followers respond to Richard’s tweet (Celebrity Alan Davies called Richard a “moron.”), but Fry even posted a tweet about possibly quitting the micro-blogging service because of the remark. In the end, both men apologized. Fry still tweets, and Richard has more followers than ever.

  All is well that ends well, we guess. But what does this spat prove? Twitter isn’t a place for the faint of heart. Our advice for sensitive celebs: if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. [From: The New York Times]

  Man’s Criticism of Actor Stephen Fry Draws the Wrath of Tweeters originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Man's Criticism of Actor Stephen Fry Draws the Wrath of Tweeters

  JP 12:54 am on November 3, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Alan Davies (2), Birmingham (3), England, Joe (6), junior high schools (2), nbsp (1,002), place (3), Read (820), Richard (2), Stephen Fry (4), Twitter (122)

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  These days, more verbal smackdowns take place on Twitter than do at junior high schools. Of course, these might go unnoticed if the people involved weren’t, in many cases, celebrities. Some of these “Twitter Wars” are funny, but some feuds get downright nasty. But it’s not just celebrity-on-celebrity disputes that are taking place in the Twitterverse. The beauty of the site is the ability for an average Joe to directly communicate with famous folks — for better or worse.

  For example, a man from Birmingham, England named Richard (who tweets as brumplum) recently posted what he thought was an innocuous tweet about Brit writer and actor Stephen Fry, only to see it result in a social-networking firestorm. According to The New York Times, it read, “Much as I admire and adore the chap, they are a bit … boring,” in reference to Fry’s musings. Not only did many of Fry’s 934,000 followers respond to Richard’s tweet (Celebrity Alan Davies called Richard a “moron.”), but Fry even posted a tweet about possibly quitting the micro-blogging service because of the remark. In the end, both men apologized. Fry still tweets, and Richard has more followers than ever.

  All is well that ends well, we guess. But what does this spat prove? Twitter isn’t a place for the faint of heart. Our advice for sensitive celebs: if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. [From: The New York Times]

  Man’s Criticism of Actor Stephen Fry Draws the Wrath of Tweeters originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Convicted Hacker Left in Charge of Prison Computer System

  JP 11:06 am on September 30, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: computer (18), credit card fraud, Douglas Havard, England, master key, nbsp (1,002), Nottinghamshire, nottinghamshire england, prison (3), Read (820)

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  In a twist of Alanis Morrissettian irony, a man serving a six-year prison sentence for stealing millions of dollars through online credit card fraud recently succeeded in (surprise!) hacking into his prison’s computer network, effectively paralyzing the entire system. The really incomprehensible part, though, is that officials at Ranby Prison, close to Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, gave him access to the computer.

  Apparently in dire need of an internal TV station at the facility, officers decided against hiring a third party (e.g., not a convicted hacker) to set up the system. They instead opted to keep the operation in (the Big) house, delegating the duty to one Douglas Havard. So, as convicted hackers are wont to do, Havard, left unguarded, worked his way into the prison’s hard drive, and set up a labyrinth of passwords to lock everyone else out of the system. And, just a week ago at this very same prison, an inmate actually got his hands on a master key…. Yeah.

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  Convicted Hacker Left in Charge of Prison Computer System originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Burglar Steals Laptop, Gloats via Victim's Facebook Account

  JP 1:58 am on August 21, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: burglar (4), East Sussex (3), east sussex england (3), England, facebook (160), nbsp (1,002), Read (820), Richardson (3), toshiba laptop (3), Victoria (4), victoria richardson (3)

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  Getting burgled is bad enough. Having a burglar strike, and then taunt you about it on Facebook, though, is just plain terrible. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened last week to an East Sussex, England woman.

  According to the Telegraph, a thief broke into Victoria Richardson’s home and took her iPhone, Nintendo DS, cash, debit cards, and a black Toshiba laptop. When Richardson later logged in to Facebook, she noticed the burglar had somehow accessed her account, posting status updates about the new items he or she had just ‘acquired.’ The burglar had posted messages like “on my new laptop,” and “Listening to music on my new phone feels so good.” The criminal ended the series of status updates with: “regards your night time burglar.”

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  Burglar Steals Laptop, Gloats via Victim’s Facebook Account originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Burglar Steals Laptop, Gloats via Victim's Facebook Account

  JP 2:00 am on August 20, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: burglar (4), East Sussex (3), east sussex england (3), England, facebook (160), nbsp (1,002), Read (820), Richardson (3), toshiba laptop (3), Victoria (4), victoria richardson (3)

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  Getting burgled is bad enough. Having a burglar strike, and then taunt you about it on Facebook, though, is just plain terrible. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened last week to an East Sussex, England woman.

  According to the Telegraph, a thief broke into Victoria Richardson’s home and took her iPhone, Nintendo DS, cash, debit cards, and a black Toshiba laptop. When Richardson later logged in to Facebook, she noticed the burglar had somehow accessed her account, posting status updates about the new items he or she had just ‘acquired.’ The burglar had posted messages like “on my new laptop,” and “Listening to music on my new phone feels so good.” The criminal ended the series of status updates with: “regards your night time burglar.”

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  Burglar Steals Laptop, Gloats via Victim’s Facebook Account originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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