To be callous, that's the question I feel about the entirety of the story. The bullying is horrible, but the solution seems to be a tiny bit of anonymity.
- start texting you and calling you (at all [distracting] times) making your primary number useless?
Get a new number. In 2004, not everybody had cell phones (or especially texting plans) If a cell phone loses its utility of being a tool, then ditch it.
- Messaging on Hotmail
This is [the known attacker version of] why many parents concern their kids with not being searchable or using their real name. Don't have your real age or name on hotmail. Further, don't accept unauthenticated im friendships and give out private information.
- Blog comments
How did they know her URL, if not just for her class? Is the easy solution to just not allow comments, or at least require authorization to post comments?
- start texting you and calling you (at all [distracting] times) making your primary number useless?
Get a new number. In 2004, not everybody had cell phones (or especially texting plans) If a cell phone loses its utility of being a tool, then ditch it.
- Messaging on Hotmail
This is [the known attacker version of] why many parents concern their kids with not being searchable or using their real name. Don't have your real age or name on hotmail. Further, don't accept unauthenticated im friendships and give out private information.
- Blog comments
How did they know her URL, if not just for her class? Is the easy solution to just not allow comments, or at least require authorization to post comments?