This stuff sucks, but based on own experience the best thing to do is to never give the person any attention at all.
Most people these days are completley blind to the possible consequences of sharing personal data with others.
It seems like most people used to be very careful with sharing personal information online, but in the last 15 years many people have clearly forgotten about common sense.
2000: It's the internet, it's dangerous to put your name there.
2017: I have to share a bunch of photos of myself(so people have something to edit), lists of all my connections(so people knows who to contact), my current location(so people knows where to find me) and I need to have 25 open communication channels. Oh, and it should be available to more or less everyone.
Last week I actually heard a person complaining about a stalker messaging her on facebook, blocking didn't help as he just created a knew account. I guess most of the users here sees a simple solution, but most people have no idea what they are doing online.
Back in 1990 we not only put our real name, but sometimes our address, phone, etc online, either in usenet sigs which are still available, or at the very least in finger
Most people these days are completley blind to the possible consequences of sharing personal data with others.
It seems like most people used to be very careful with sharing personal information online, but in the last 15 years many people have clearly forgotten about common sense.
2000: It's the internet, it's dangerous to put your name there. 2017: I have to share a bunch of photos of myself(so people have something to edit), lists of all my connections(so people knows who to contact), my current location(so people knows where to find me) and I need to have 25 open communication channels. Oh, and it should be available to more or less everyone.
Last week I actually heard a person complaining about a stalker messaging her on facebook, blocking didn't help as he just created a knew account. I guess most of the users here sees a simple solution, but most people have no idea what they are doing online.