Stolen Identities and Alter Egos: An exercise in Internet Profiling, Data Mining and Personal Privacy

For this assignment I conjured a 17 year old boy.  The original impetus for the age was my own tendency to slide by at the minor rate on MUNI ($2.00 is just ridiculous!)  I figured if I could come up with an ID stating that I'm 17, I'd never have a problem.  Criminal tendencies along with my general immature mentality manifested Manny.  The boy part I just thought would be an entertaining outlet.  I probably don't need to point out the multiple aptronyms here.

I was to create as much evidence of this person's existence as possible - virtual and otherwise.  Using Photoshop, I created Manny's ID from a scanned copy of my own.  Since no 17 y.o. is complete with out a fake ID, I made one of those too.

But the funny thing about the world today is that real proof of life is primarily found thorough virtual means, that is, social networking.  Manny can be found on both Facebook and Myspace.  I also tried to get on OK Cupid, unfortunately this is one area where minor status did not serve me.. I mean Manny. Besides the virtual world, MLK is also visible on the streets. As a tagger, Manny writes.. well, MANNY. You'll see some flicks on his facebook page.

Originally from Fresno, CA., he currently resides in San Francisco.  Full bio along with some other photoshopped images of Manny can be found on
Facebook. Manny Koga




Email: manny9three@gmail.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/550560864