May 29, 2006

Crime doesn't pay

at least it pays less now that everybody uses Google to check out people before they meet them.

I though long and hard before commenting on the plight of Amir Massoud Tofangsazan, but in the end decided that it is such a good example of how the web changes how we behave, it would be silly not to do so.

In this case, Blogger and consequently Google is being used to exact revenge for an alleged crime. Rather effectively I'd say; Antony pointed out that earlier today, there were 117 entries on Google if you search for the alleged perpetrator.

Make that 118 now.

UPDATE: It seems that there may be a further twist in this tale. Amir, it seems, denies the allegations and has claimed that his hotmail account was illegally hacked. It transpires that he may be the innocent victim of a vicious attack. The police are investigating...

Posted by dompannell at May 29, 2006 7:24 PM | TrackBack