Headers reveal stalkers

Cory Doctorow 11:47 am Fri May 10, 2002

A Brit who was Hotmail-stalked a bully from his long-past school days used the headers on the Hotmail messages to track down his tormentor and send the police to his home.

A week later, armed with the evidence from AOL, the police raided the address of the 27-year-old stalker at 7am and took him and his family in for questioning. He was formally cautioned, but Rowlands did not press charges. On questioning, the stalker alleged that he viewed the whole thing as a prank. "There's clearly something wrong with his perception of what's a rational prank," says Rowlands. AOL's De Stempel agrees: "Crimes committed online should be seen as just as serious and treated in exactly the same way."

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