Thursday, August 24, 2006

Instant Finger Pointing

Take a look at this item from The Guardian. Apparently, Microsoft has added some code to their instant messaging service that allows anyone using the service to click one button in a window and report the person chatting on the end as a sexual predator.

I'm sure the motives behind this are honorable, but I'm anxious to see how it works in practice. How many reports will they get a day? How will they be followed up on? Does the British police force have the level of resources needed to investigate every complaint? How many false reports will they receive?

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