EUGENE, Ore - What if a private moment suddenly became very public?

That's the point of a new Web site that exposes those who have allegedly been exposed to incurable sexually transmitted infections like Herpes, Hepatitis C, HIV, and AIDS.

Here's how it works: Anyone can post a name and picture of someone they claim is infected. Some names you may recognize, like Magic Johnson. Johnson has been openly HIV positive for years.

Others you might not, like Cyrus Sullivan of Portland.

Sullivan is the creator of the site. He says he got the idea after contracting Herpes while in a relationship. He says his girlfriend at the time knew but never told him.

"I was quite angry," says Sullivan. "I definitely felt my trust had been violated."

Sullivan says the point of the Web site is to alert people of those who could be carriers and to prevent STI's from spreading.

But despite Sullivan's good intentions, Dr. Ben Douglas, the Medical Director at the University of Oregon Health Center, say this Web site is a bad idea.

"Inappropriate is probably the mild way to say it," says Douglas. "Most people, when they discover they have an STI, just knowing they have it can be a very difficult thing to deal with. So then it's displayed publicly and that is just adding insult to injury."

As for how a name gets posted, Sullivan uses the honor system. He says the poster is responsible for telling the truth and for following the rules on his site, which includes monetary compensation if a listing is fake.

However, if your name is on there, getting it off is not easy. "That would require a medical document sent to the PO Box from a doctors office," says Sullivan.

When asked if this Web site is a mode of revenge, Sullivan says "if my motive was revenge, I wouldn't need this site. If someone wants to go on the Internet and say something on the Internet there are so many places you could do that."