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Kaycee Nicole in Training
Interesting letter in today's Dear Abby:DEAR ABBY: I am a 10-year-old girl who has been playing after school on a Web site for pet lovers. I like to talk to kids older than me — 14- or- 15-year-olds. A lot of the boys I've talked to have asked for my picture, so I went to Google and found a picture of a pretty blond girl around 15 years old. I have been sending this picture to all the people who have asked me for one.
So this is what the future holds for us. A whole generation of Kaycee Nicole Swensons in training.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Jan 07, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 33
Category: Identity/Imposters
Category: Identity/Imposters
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Also...I noticed I've got to defend myself an awful lot. Get off it! It's ticking me off just a little.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 09:36 AM
>> My mother gave me free reign...
Sounds like bunk to me too. Maybe there's a reason you have to defend yourself a lot.
Posted by Bill B. on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 11:49 AM
Sounds like bunk to me too. Maybe there's a reason you have to defend yourself a lot.
Hey, don't give Maegan a hard time! I trust her.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 12:05 PM
First she was a security guard. Now she was a hacker. Yeah, I would put my trust in her too.
Posted by Craig on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 12:09 PM
Oh come on guys. She didn't say she wrote the virus, just sent it off. I could do the same thing from home in under 3 minutes with no prep time. Usenet is full of viruses (virii?) free for the taking. Is it so hard to believe that a teenage girl could do it? Hell, my yet-to-be-conceived children could practically pull this off.
There's no reason to automatically mistrust her for something so, well - commonplace. Unless, of course she's a Government Spook. In which case we're all screwed anyway.
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 12:42 PM
There's no reason to automatically mistrust her for something so, well - commonplace. Unless, of course she's a Government Spook. In which case we're all screwed anyway.
Maegan's been posting comments on this site for a long time... probably as long as anyone else I can think of. Which doesn't automatically mean that I should trust her, but I do. Everything she's ever said about her life seems pretty consistent to me.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 01:07 PM
I wouldn't say I don't trust Maegan, but after this I'm sure not going to ask her for any pictures.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 02:40 PM
...lol. I never said I was a hacker. I was given the virus by a well-meaning but probably not on top of things guy who never really had to be a dad. Also, my mom didn't realize what I was doing. She had no idea about chat/IM capabilities. I was 14/15 so this was...'97/'98 sometime. The security guard thing was right after I turned 18...but I only did it for a few weeks (maybe 7/8), b/c I smelled bad afterwards & I didn't like the heat. I rode around w/ someone in a golf cart all day. Think Florida in June.
I also quit, b/c I got hired on at a Video Store that I had applied at. Less than a year later, I was dating a guy that kept me more interested in him than the computer & thus I slowly backed out of the HTML life. Fast forward 14 months, I'm pregnant...5 months later we're married, now a year & a half laterish I have the cutest (seriously THE custest) baby & I am working in the Insurance industry. (My video job & my insurance job overlapped for a few months...I just liked the free rentals.) There. Do you need references & past W-2s?
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Tue Jan 11, 2005 at 09:11 AM
I also quit, b/c I got hired on at a Video Store that I had applied at. Less than a year later, I was dating a guy that kept me more interested in him than the computer & thus I slowly backed out of the HTML life. Fast forward 14 months, I'm pregnant...5 months later we're married, now a year & a half laterish I have the cutest (seriously THE custest) baby & I am working in the Insurance industry. (My video job & my insurance job overlapped for a few months...I just liked the free rentals.) There. Do you need references & past W-2s?
In my experience, people who are not lying don't bother spending that much time defending themselves.
Not saying that you are lying, just saying...you're acting like a liar.
Posted by James D on Wed Jan 12, 2005 at 12:12 PM
Not saying that you are lying, just saying...you're acting like a liar.
hey, that's my local paper!
Posted by Jessica on Wed Jan 12, 2005 at 02:48 PM
...and if I hadn't defended myself I'd still be a liar. Thanks. I can feel the love.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 12:16 PM
Wow, I go on vacation a few weeks and when i get back everyone is fighting. First of all, I've definitely noticed that people are ALWAYS giving meagan a hard time. Come on guys, give her a break for once. She's always got good input and it's not like anything she's ever said has been that fantastical.
Anyways, I first got internet about 13 years ago when I was 8 years old. I remember when AOL got their first chat rooms, though it must have been only a few years later. I use to talk on them all the time (it was before everyone was so worried about the dangers of chat rooms). I know I had lied before about my age if the other person said that they were older. No faking pictures then because no one had scanners to even upload pictures, but I wouldn't have put it past me when I was 10 years old. I think the letter is believable.
Posted by Razela in San Diego, CA on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 10:17 PM
Anyways, I first got internet about 13 years ago when I was 8 years old. I remember when AOL got their first chat rooms, though it must have been only a few years later. I use to talk on them all the time (it was before everyone was so worried about the dangers of chat rooms). I know I had lied before about my age if the other person said that they were older. No faking pictures then because no one had scanners to even upload pictures, but I wouldn't have put it past me when I was 10 years old. I think the letter is believable.
im excited to chat with you
Posted by shaunte in maryland on Mon Feb 20, 2006 at 12:38 PM
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