Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg has recently let out a statement saying, "Privacy is no longer a social norm". This is becoming global and people all across the world are posting their lives online, which is only making it that much easier to know everything about everybody. Many people complain about the privacy issues online and are facing serious matters because of things they post, but yet signing up for accounts such as Facebook, you basically are agreeing to these terms.
I see it as, if you are going to post online a nasty argument between you and an ex friend or ex boy/girlfriend, you are asking for everybody in the world to see it and possibly have a debate over. When I post online, I am extremely cautious as to what I post, what I comment on, and how I word things; knowing that all 452 of my friends, plus anybody who comments on the same post is then accessing all of their friends to see it, and so on.
People now a days have the mind set that being online you are entitled to the same privacy you have in real life, but that is where everybody is in mistake. I think in order for everybody to be online and have a successful "relationship" with the internet and social networking, you absolutely have to understand what anything you post at all, can and most likely will be viewed by people you don't even realize.

1 comment:

  1. Alicia -- keep in mind that privacy is not just a matter of what you post and who sees your posts, but of marketers tracking your website views and online habits. How comfortable are you with so may corporations knowing what you buy, when you're on line, and what you read online?

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