Thursday, March 31, 2011

Willing to Share

Many remember the days when the Internet was just beginning to emerge. It was a technology many were wary of. Sharing personal information was never done. As the years have gone by and we have become more accustomed to having it in our lives, that wariness has slowly faded. With the introduction of sites such as Myspace and Facebook, for some reason sharing information has become much more accepted and even expected. While security measures have definitely improved over time to keep things private and safe, it is necessary to revive some of that feeling of wariness of sharing personal information that came with the introduction of the Internet.

3 comments:

  1. My alternative solution that I use is to assume that information will always get out somehow, and so I don't try to put out sensitize information.

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  2. When I see addresses and phone numbers on Facebook I wonder about the people posting them. I think the world could use a healthy reality check.

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  3. Societies are based on trust (imagine if everyone lied). That is why we are often caught off guard when our connections take advantage of our openness. We should have the shield of professional paranoia on our left arms.

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