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My older brother told me to never give out my real name in AOL chat rooms.
I was 13 in 1997 and thought using my real name made me seem cool online. A guy from a chat room found my town's phone book and called my house, which scared my mom half to death. Did anyone else get a piece of early internet safety advice that seemed silly at the time but was totally right?
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the_wendy4d ago
What did the guy even say when he called your house? That's so creepy. My dad gave me the same advice about not using my real name and I totally ignored him too. It felt so dumb to be "sk8rgurl203" when I could just be me. But that story proves why they were so paranoid back then, the internet was like the wild west.
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faith_perez3d ago
My friend had a guy show up at her school from a chat room.
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