September 26, 2010
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Every Move You Make Every Email You Send I’ll Be Watchin’ You
Yesterday I was woken up by a phone call at about 9:25 in the am from a friend of mine. I guess I should probably change the names on this post for obvious reasons once you read it. Okay, so my friend Danielle Day Lewis called me to tell me about her friend Meryl Streep who she has known since high school and who I met some 9 years ago from a company we used to work at together. There was another guy that worked there too, let’s call him Dexter. I was never too close with Dexter and didn’t know him all that well. He seemed like a nice guy, but kind of odd. Okay more than just kind of odd, but basically harmless. Dexter was a loner and didn’t have many friends except that he and Meryl Streep became good friends. Dexter was probably about 7 or 8 years older than Meryl Streep and Danielle Day Lewis and probably 3 or 4 years older then me. Dexter and Meryl Streep kinda had a little romance, very minimal though, they never really dated and didn’t even have sex with each other. I think they may have kissed. But, they have grown apart and haven’t talked to each other in years.
So back to yesterday’s phone call. Danielle Day Lewis told me that they just found that Dexter has been stalking Meryl Streep for 11 fucking years! It is a bit confusing how it came to be, but late Friday night Dexter sent an email to Meryl Streep to say that he hacked her email and has been reading her emails for the past 11 years. Meryl Streep had changed her password about 6 months ago and since then Dexter has not been able to read her emails. I should clarify that she did not change her password because of him as she had no idea of his invasion of her privacy until Friday night.
What is even creepier is that Dexter lives just 2 blocks from Meryl Streep and has lived that close to her for as long as they have known each other. We have no confirmation yet as to if he has been following her around or doing anything else, but needless to say, Danielle Day Lewis and Meryl Streep were rightfully freaked out about this. Meryl Streep said she was going to file a police report and I went as far as to say that she should get a restraining order and even carry some sort of protection like pepper spray. Honestly, if I were her, I don’t know how I would be able to continue to live so close to him; hell he doesn’t even need to drive to get to her house. Shit, if I were in that situation, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night. Then again, I am a pretty big pussy.
Sometimes, I have no idea how to end a post. This would be one of those posts. So consider this the end.
Comments (3)
Something similar happened to me, but it was worse than just reading my emails. Way worse. Unfortunately, cyber crimes like that haven’t really been caught up to by the law so the police report is probably pointless. It was for me in 2008, maybe the law his caught up by now. The restraining order is a better way, an changing every password she has. If she hasn’t noticed him around, hopefully he isn’t physically stalking her. Did he just tell her he had been reading her emails for 11 years? Creepy!
yes he did just tell her that, my thinking is that he was probably pissed that the password changed and he no longer has access.
That is extremely creepy. Who keeps the same password for 11 years?!?! That’s beside the point, but i think she should consider getting an entirely new email. You know he’s probably already spent hours trying to figure out her password. Better if she changes the email address completely. And i bet he knows her schedule on when she comes and goes. I’d be freaked out, but hopefully he’s harmless. A restraining order definitely seems like something she should pursue.