The intention was good but...
By Toni
@toniganzon (72517)
Philippines
March 13, 2012 7:11pm CST
I hate being stalked and all my friends here know that. I've discussed about my online friend who googled me and how i felt about that. Well today something happened again.
I have this online friend who knows it's my son's birthday today, so what he did was he made a video, a picture compilation of my son and i and a greeting. He made a lot of effort in doing that but that scared me. Why? I never gave him those pictures. I never sent it to him so how come he has those. Then i told him how i felt about that after i thank him for what he did.
He told me he hacked my facebook account to get those pics. The intention was good but i didn't like how he did it.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Jun 12
I think he had good intentions too but the way he did it is really scary. That just goes to show others though that this can happen and we should NOT put all of our info out there on Facebook. There are experts in this kind of thing and it is scary.
I hope he does not do this again, kinda creepy. But thanks to your post now people know this can be done and IS done all the time. Maybe some people will learn to be careful and not put all of our private info on there...
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
25 Jun 12
That is so true. I just post pics there for my relatives to see. Other than that i don't use facebook at all. I don't even post pictures by opening the site but i post pictures in other apps because i just don't like logging in to facebook.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
14 Mar 12
He sounds like a creep. I would be calling the authorities. He shouldn't have hacked your facebook account to get your pictures, and he should not have invaded your privacy. Good intentions or not, he sounds obsessed. Stay Safe, but get away from him.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
He promised to do no such thing again and i believe him. He just presumed i would appreciate that without consulting me.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
14 Mar 12
Well I hope he doesn't, but it was an invasion of your privacy. Be careful.
@Archaiwy (599)
• China
14 Mar 12
Hi. I think what you did is right. You friend should not have done this. Since one has a good intention, he should do the thing good. That only the intention is good is not an excuse for something bad. So think twice before doing things. And we should forgive those who did something bad with a good intention.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
I have forgiven him and i know he's someone i could trust now. Because if he really intend to do something bad then he shouldn't have told me how he obtained those pics.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
14 Mar 12
I can understand you perfectly. I agree that the intention of your friend (although it is currently only an online friendship) was good. But the fact that he has come into possession of your pictures or your videos in an irregular manner and especially without your permission, well, let me tell you, this should not be absolutely fine! He could do that only after you had your approval. In a sense, having acted in that way he has somehow violated your privacy. I were you, write him, perhaps even to thank him, but but next time will put you informed when he was going to handle your personal material.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
He agreed never to do that again and he was sincerely apologetic. He just didn't think that i would be that mad that he took those pictures without asking permission.
@Sharkymark (2)
• Canada
15 Mar 12
Is your online friend a facebook friend? If so, it's really easy to access those pics. If not, stop all connection you have with this individual. Are you sure he hacked your account? That sounds really scary / creepy!!!
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
hi there toniganzon,
well, what he has done is not properly right. although he just did it for some surprising reason, but, still it is not a good move and not a good attitude. that, you can even report him to the authorities to do the proper disciplinary measure. aside from that, perhaps it will be better to report him of that act so if ever he will going to do it again, his name is already in the blotter list.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
14 Mar 12
Hi toni
Be watchful and careful of this guy dear. I smell something wrong with him. Whatever it was, he was wrong when he 1- did those videos 2- hacked your accounts and 3-even the start of it was unjustified.
Historically - Intentions dont count, it is the end results that do. At the end, no one bothers why someone started doing something, it is only the results that matter.
Unfortunately in this case, the end result is going to be scary. You are happily married with a family. And this guy seems to be crossing his limits when he did the 3 I mention above(just my personal opinion though).
Now that you have told him what you feel about all this, I hope he understands and goes better.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
He understood and he he apologized. My best friend told me that she saw nothing wrong with that and she admired her effort.
I did appreciate the effort too but how he did that really made me feel uncomfortable. In his culture it was ok to do that. He wanted to give something as a surprise and he thought that would be appreciated. I don't think he had some bad intentions though or plans to do something horrible in the future because if he does, then why tell me how he obtained my photos? Why would he admit he made a mistake?
@chuyins123 (2112)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
That's scary my friend! Hmmm even I would be scared, you've got a hacker friend? Hmmmm i'd be thinking twice whether to remain as friend, given that the friendship started online. :(
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
He was ashamed of what he did. Probably in his country it was something that is considered thoughtful or even romantic hahaha! So i made it clear to him that it's something that i consider unacceptable.
@Rick1950 (1575)
• Lima, Peru
14 Mar 12
As you say, the intention was good, but he has done it on the wrong way. He hadn't any idea that you would feel uncomfortable. What about if you do some rectrictions in your facebook account so that some info could be only accessed for the people you want. Facebook has this option.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
If he had access to my account he wouldn't have hacked it. Which means my facebook is secure. It's on private mode. He's not one of my fb friends and i hardly use facebook.
@jhuddith (222)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
That's scary. I suggest that you may be more careful especially in dealing with people online 'cause they may tend to make false aliases and use them to get information from you. You can file a legal action against him but the problem is that you can not prove that it was really him. So just be careful with your online profile and avoid personal or identifying details. Please do not compromise your personal safety, you must no longer further engage the stalker himself. Happy myLotting!
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
There's no reason to resort to that. That would be over reacting. Sometimes we have to consider that in some culture, that kind of thing is appreciated as a thoughtful act.
If he really had some bad intentions, he wouldn't have told me the truth. And yes i know he's telling the truth because i'm not that naive nor stupid not to know.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
14 Mar 12
Intention was good but yeah it was so wrong of him to do that. But now that he knows i don't think he'll ever do something to lose my friendship.
@ecaron (678)
• Canada
14 Mar 12
Be careful of hackers and stalkers, I wouldn't trust them. They say you should be careful about the personal information that you post online, even here on My Lot, I wonder sometimes it my personal stories get out. So far so good though, I haven't had any problems, I have been enjoying starting discussions and getting good responses and responding to others discussions. Just be careful as to who you trust with your personal pics and info.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
14 Mar 12
I would have been quite concerned. He may have done it with good intentions, but it was wrong. I guess it is a good lesson as to how others can get access to your information.
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
14 Mar 12
Acting over smart. This is how some good things never get appreciated. End justify the means. But the means here cannot be justified, though the intention was to give a surprise. As usual, instaed of getting an appraisal, the whole effort got into waters...