Five months ago, hacker-legend-turned-Wired-News-editor Kevin Poulsen wrote an automated script that searched MySpace’s 1 million-plus profiles for registered sex offenders. Soon, the program figured out that one — 39-year-old Andrew Lubrano — “was back on the prowl for seriously underage boys.” Suffolk County, NY cops were alerted. And Poulsen got to go along with them, as they busted the scumbag. Reason # 987 why Poulsen is my hero.
Poulsen Busts MySpace Perv
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Someone get that man a multi-million dollar open-source intelligence solution contract!
This guy is cool and I am happy that he did it. But why didn’t myspace do this itself. The code does not seem like it would be that complicated. It’s sad that companies don’t take a little more time making sure that things are above board. I amd a IT worker for a very very large bank in the US. We have a million in house systems looking for problems, why can’t those that are suppose to protect our children do the same (I mean how many times have you seen some Preditor caught working in a school)
Shutting down MySpace is not the solution. That would be akin to burning down, and outlawing every Roman Catholic Church because of the bad actions of a few perverts who saw an opportunity (whole other argument I won’t go there righ now).Educate your children, ask questions, pay attention to what they are doing, and whom they are doing it with. I don’t consider myself an overprotective parent, but I have a MySpace account just so I can see what it is that my kids are up to. I know who they hang out with at school, and when, where, and what they are doing. If they want to play the “privacy” card, then they don’t get to go, plain and simple. I may be an a-hole because of it, but then again I am NOT here to be their buddy/best friend. I am their Father, and I am responsible to make sure they live long enough to have a family of their own some day. Sometimes it isnt easy being the bad guy, but it’s because I love my kids, and I don’t want some selfish ButtPirate ruining their lives forever.
i think that myspace is good place
it has the ablity to be great
but nothing new has happened and these grown
petifiles stay up at night looking at young girls profiles
and these girls are giving the wrong idea wearing shirts that are like in the middle of their stomach ugh
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There should be more people like Kevin Poulsen who create automated scripts which search Myspace for sex offenders. I they catch one they should be paid by police.
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