Kenya Allmond (me)

Many have the misconception that their activities in the internet can not be traced back to them so they engage in activities that they would never do if their identities were known.  As I’ve said before, the internet is not anonymous despite everything you see on your local news, on your favorite TV show or [...]

I just read the shocking story of how college student Asia McGowen was gunned down by her stalker Anthony Powell who then killed himself. He had been stalking Asia on YouTube and Facebook, leaving her nasty and threatening comments. He had also made videos about her as well as other videos railing against black women, [...]

The case involving Julie Amero was decided the day after Thanksgiving. For those that are not familiar, Amero is the substitute teacher in Connecticut that was convicted last year of 4 felony counts of “Risk of Injury to a Child” stemming from a 2004 incident involving porn popups displaying on a classroom computer while students [...]

Most of my Twitter conversation yesterday focused around data loss, identity theft and credit cards.  The point of the discussion was that while consumers must be vigilant to protect their personal and financial data, most of it is out of their hands.  The bigger problem is protecting the organizations that collect, transport, and store this [...]

My Twitter account has been public for about one month.  During this time, I’ve seen several of my tweets retweeted by accounts unknown to me.  After looking at the Twitter profiles, I figured out that these were automatic retweets based on a word or phase in the original message.  A few weeks ago I was [...]