Tags: big brother, blogging, privacy, Tech
With all of the social networking/photo sharing/blogging/micro-blogging/video-sharing onine platforms out there, are you worried that people (possibly you) are over-exposed to the public these days?
We all have to admit, the advances in the internet have changed the world. We can communicate with people anywhere, we can see and learn about things we’ve never seen before, and we can make friends with people we may never meet in ‘the real world’. But on the dark side, some of us leave ourselves open to cyberstalking (which can easily spill over to real-life stalking), discrimination, and personal turmoil.
Run a Google search on your screen-name or email address and you’ll see just how OPEN you really are.
Scenario #1
You apply for a job at xyz ,Inc. Your resume includes your email address. All your potential employer has to do is check on Google/myspace/facebook (And believe me, they LOVE to do it) and they’ll see whatever you’ve got posted on the net. There’s nothing to stop this potential employer from judging you based off your profile, your personal thoughts, and your pictures (which could cost you a perfect opportunity at xyz, inc.).
Scenario #2
You work for xyz, inc and had a bad day at work. First thing you do is get home and complain about it on your blog. The page gets lots of hits and the following week, you get FIRED for bringing bad publicity to your company. Think it didn’t happen? Ask the bloggers from dooce.com and ninetyninezeros, and they’ll let you know, it’s DEFINITELY possible.
Scenario #3
You never know what type of person you’re going to be when you ‘grow up’ and those wild photos you’ve got online may come back to bite you harder than you could ever imagine. What if Obama had a MySpae page pack in his wild and crazy years of youth (that’s if MySpace had existed back then). He already admitted that he experimented with lots of things and partied hard…if those photos were available on the web, he’d be screwed (and so would America right now)!
