Big Brother In The Social Media Era
internet July 2nd, 2007What about social media websites? There doesn’t seem to be as much attention in the news regarding sites like Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook. On these sites, users share lots of information about themselves that they normally wouldn’t share on other sites. The nature of these sites, could allow someone with malicious intent to harvest all of the stored data to aid in crimes such as identity theft.
I came across this video that highlights some interesting facts about Facebook that asks the question, “Does what happen on Facebook, Stay in Facebook?”
If you ever needed another reason not to spend to much time on these sites, this may be it! I personally try to stay off Facebook as much as I can as I can waste hours of time on there!
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July 13th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Wow!
I am a bit new to this whole social media thing, but I always have been a bit leery of it.
I am all for informed consent. If people really want to make all of their personal affairs public, they should be able to do that. I for one, will not.
Something this invasive should not be open to minors, and should require the consent of a parent or guardian, however.
July 14th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
I agree, if people want to share their personal info its their perogative.