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Best Way To Clear Your Name Online?
An anonymous reader writes "About fifteen years ago, I did something that I've come to regret on a university computer system. I was subsequently interviewed by a Federal law enforcement agency, although no charges were pressed and I have no criminal record as a result of my actions. At the time, I discussed the matter with a friend of mine who went on to mention it briefly in a text file zine with a small distribution list. I've generally tried to keep a low profile online and until recently there's been very little information about me available from the major search engines. Unfortunately, that zine mention was picked up by textfiles.com at some point and mirrored across the world. I've tried to address this with the owner of the site, but couldn't get anywhere. Even if my name in the source file is altered, cached copies will continue to link me with my youthful mistake. Have any other Slashdot readers had a similar experience? What practical steps would your readers recommend to prevent this information from hurting me? I am concerned that future employers may hold my past actions against me should they look for me online as part of their screening process."
You are completely ignoring the fact that discrimination is illegal, as it should be.
Failing to hire someone because of your personal opinion of them is biased and illegal. Your argument just as well defends bigots that have a poor opinion of all black people and thus refuse to hire them.
-1 disagree is not a modifier for a reason. -1 troll, flaimbait, redundant, overrated are NOT acceptable substitutes.
Wow. Just, wow.
Look at all those people telling you what a dickhead you are for refusing to delete your own work.
I'm amazed, as prolific as the Slashdot crowd tends to be in their favoritism toward openness and information sharing at any expense, that these same truth-loving geeks turn so hypocritical over a few pictures that they're not even involved with.
You'd think that they'd understand just what the implications are of revising history. Alas.
Keep it up. Just because someone did something in the past (whether for fun, sport, eroticism, criminal intent, or whatever), regrets it now, and wants to wash it all away, does not somehow compel another free man to do anything about it.
If it did, we'd be living in a very different world right now, with every journalist, blogger, photographer, and webmaster busily rewriting history, pro bono, for anyone who has a problem with the past.
Kid-proof tablet..
The people in the pentagon guiding those missiles that kill a bunch of innocent people and George W. Bush who sent thousands of soldiers to their death as well cost thousands of Iraqi civilians their lives for no reason, but his personal gain in history has no such black spot on his record... ooo that's right dogs' lives are more important than American soldiers and Iraqi civilians.
Just because you are wrong and I called you out on it doesn't mean I am a Troll.