TITLE: Digital Kidnapping – A New Kind of Identity Theft

AUTHOR: Nikki Williams

PUBLISHED: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

Digital Kidnaping

My first impression in this article is mainly about identity theft, a new form of stealing account information. It must inform us on how to prevent and secure our accounts.

“The deficiency of guidelines regarding the acquisition of posted photos leaves the onus of providing identity protection, particularly to minors, firmly in the hands of parents. Parents should take the time to fully understand and consider all of the ramifications of posting photos online, including reading and comprehending the privacy policies of each online forum they use.” – The quote from the article that really stuck in my mind that should also be implemented and take actions to prevent account stealing.

This article talks about the new form of account theft or stealing it is the digital kidnapping by which it steals and claim others post and said they were from them. They steal pictures that they like and claim that they are them or somehow they are their relatives. Here in the Philippines it is called “poser” which are posting pictures that are not them but claiming like they are from them.

5 Things I’ve learned

1. I learned to protect my account.

2. I learned that we must be aware of what is happening in our accounts.

3. I learned that we should be aware of the posers reclaiming we are them.

4. I learned to know more about the laws concerning ethics in sharing information.

5. I learned to know the importance of making our account secured.

5 Interactive Questions

1. What are the things we can do to avoid identity theft?

2. It can really help people or not?

3. What are the strategies did about this matter?

4. How they did ethics on this?

5. What is the things we will do if someone tries to steal our identity?