[Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

Slightly earlier, the Chicago Tribune ran an article on 19 August 1994 in their "Cyberspace" column, with several sections, the last of which had the heading "Cybercreep update", and warned people not to give out their personal information to people online.

Oops, earlier still the Chicago Tribune ran an article on 15 July 1994 in the same "Cyberspace" column, headed "Beware 'cybercreeps' lurking on Internet", which went on to explain: "These cybercreeps range from really bad apples like Vito [discussed earlier in the column--guy who sent rape threats to people online], who seem interested in actually hurting people whom they find online, to boorish adolescents who let go with an occasional burst of sophomoric obscenities called 'flaming'."

Jesse Sheidlower

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 01:58:59PM -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
> Relatedly, there’s at least one reference to a “cybercreep” by 1994:
> 
> https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/10/28/computer-superhighway-can-give-you-the-creeps/
> 
> Computer superhighway can give you the creeps
> 
> Baltimore Sun
> https://www.baltimoresun.com › 1994/10/28 › computer...
>  <https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/10/28/computer-superhighway-can-give-you-the-creeps/>
> Oct 28, 1994 — The cybercreep, as she described him, is a person who uses his computer and phone to connect to commercial on-line message services…
> 
> [The article itself is behind the Baltimore Sun’s paywall.]
> 
> LH
> 

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