Allison Stokke is one of the top high school pole vaulters in America. The California state champion has broken five national records.

Currently Allison is a phenomenon on the internet and it is completely unwanted by her. It seems the boys of the internet think a picture of her pole vaulting is sexy and her image has spread like wildfire across the internet. MySpace has several sites claiming to be Allison Stokke fan sites and if you do a web search you will find many more sites taking advantage of this teens image.

This entire situation brings to attention a much larger problem, your privacy. The situation with Allison is deplorable, but it only illustrates how you can be taken advantage of and instantly broadcast over the entire internet. Of course once the internet picks it up and it bursts in to flames like the Allison Stokke thing has, the major media needs to pick it up and soon you are all over every television in the free world.

I only bring this to your attention because we are at the Biginning of another reality TV season and one of the most popular shows Big Brother looms on the horizon. It is a good time to remind yourself, you are on line, these people you are sharing thoughts and opinions with are strangers. Do you really want what Allison Stokke is getting? If not heed the warning, because but for the grace of God, it could happen to you.