<p>But if the real person found out about it, the fake one could be held eligible for identity fraud.</p>
<p>^ True, sAxsKy. At the same time, though, what if it wasn't discovered until after the damage was done? Most people are kind of oblivious to that sort of thing... Many people Google themselves 2-3 times per year at most.</p>
<p>I think Facebook and MySpace should step in to control and prevent such situations: they need to find a way to force people to identify themselves before they can activate an account. Facebook USED TO make people joining a network that didn't have an exclusive e-mail host prove they were a student by getting a member of that network to confirm them, and that was pretty good.</p>
<p>Police officials are able to hack in all the time. Remember they too have teenagers and they have been known to go in through other teenagers facebook and myspace. Maybe the college officials are figuring out a way to do it, but yes, I have heard at quite a few colleges that they are doing this. Just be careful what you have on there and who you have as friends on your site. Especially be careful of the language used and the pictures posted. Employers have been known to also check out these pages when looking at a perspective employee!</p>