Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Reel Time: Untraceable

    While the Net, featuring Sandra Bullock, tackled the issue of identity theft in cyberspace, Untraceable, starring Diane Lane as an FBI agent trying to track a down a "Kill With Me" webmaster operating live stream executions dependent on viewership--highlights the age of voyeurism, reality TV and lifeblogging.
   But more importantly, it highlights the fickleness of online viewers who hide behind anonymous monikers and egg on criminal acts, only to later commend the site for taking it down.
The more viewers the "Kill With Me" site, whose URL cannot be traced to one location, thrives on the actual viewers "killing" the victim. The more viewers, the quicker the victim expires.
 A must see for any techie or Internet addict.

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