MSN blog

In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world? It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?” What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious? What would be a responsible way to handle this situation? How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?

This issue is serious because it is very insulting to the person who name's is being used, for example if I am a good friend with someone and the person who is hacking says something bad to my friend my friend will think I said it. If i was the person getting picked on i would exit the conversation and then block the contacts who i think are the people who did this. The characters in the revealer's would have put this issue on their newsletter and everyone would be aware of this situation.