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Facilities on the Internet may be abused

Andrew Parkin (ap23@leicester.ac.uk), Wellcome research fellow in child psychiatry,
David D Stretch (dds@leicester.ac.uk), Lecturer in mathematical psychology

Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Leicester LE3 0QU

EDITOR,—Two recent articles have described the use of electronic mail and the worldwide web.1 2 In his editorial on the Internet Enrico Coiera raises the problem of the disclosure of personal information3; we support what he wrote and offer the following additional comments, which are based on abuses of these facilities that we have witnessed that give rise to serious concerns.