My trust varied a lot with time. I started out paranoid of all you internet freaks 
. Now my RL photo is available and I am a lot more casual about my RL info. I don't know if that's a good thing. Sometimes I feel like I'm deceiving myself about how safe the exposure is, especially with the appearance of an enemy that could best be described as obsessed. I make a very focused effort of separating my RL from my SL.
. Now my RL photo is available and I am a lot more casual about my RL info. I don't know if that's a good thing. Sometimes I feel like I'm deceiving myself about how safe the exposure is, especially with the appearance of an enemy that could best be described as obsessed. I make a very focused effort of separating my RL from my SL.Aimee, it's been my long experience that you have more to fear from random spyware than you do from nutjobs -- but then, a higher percentage of whackos drive large fast automobiles on your streets than hunt you online.
I had a stalker in college. He never said a word to me, just showed up at my dorm or my classes and stared at me. My boyfriend at the time, a football linebacker, had to have a little talk with him and encourage him to avoid having spontaneous facial reconstruction
But online, I'm careful enough that I have never had any problems. I don't give out much RL info, if any, but that's just to make myself feel more secure. More people are after my credit card numbers than are after my body. Dammit.