Is the Internet Destroying Privacy?

[daboggeyman]

 

In an interview with TechCrunch last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said sharing private information online with the faceless masses had become a "social norm." Interpretation: Privacy is a has-been luxury, a relic of a bygone, unwired era.

Today, oversharing has become typical of online social networking, with people publicizing real-time information of where they are (Foursquare, Gowalla) and what they're doing (Twitter, Facebook).

"It may be that social norms just haven't completely developed yet, but we end up revealing so much more than we likely would have without the Internet, and we reveal it to a much wider range of people,

 Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/internet-destroying-privacy/story?id=13224589

[hugh]

Not gonna read the article just voice my thoughts haha, it's been a pretty rough day.

The internet doesn't destroy privacy, it just makes little or no attempt at blocking access to the data. The real blame is with the users putting up information with this knowledge. That being said, it is not all the fault of the user. I closed my facebook account a good while back, and recently googled a friends name in the hunt for an email address i'd lost. The first hit was naturally facebook, and despite not being allowed annonymous access to the page, i was allowed, as a complete stranger for intents and purposes, to learn a little bit about them, and also see who all of their friends are. That is totally uncalled for. If you're not their friend on facebook, let alone have an account, you should not have access to anything, let alone their profile picture.

As i say though, i do stand by the statement that it is the users fault for posting the information in the first place. I tend to think it's smart to find out the details before using a website or service. I guess that would also explain why i rarely get viruses or spam etc, i take the time to look at what i'm clicking on etc, not just smacking the link with "free ipod" in it :lol:

[woodbutcher007]

  Hi Hugh.Have got to agree with you.A LARGE majority of people have NO comprehension of what the term "PERSONAL SECURITY"means.
They put any and all info out there,and then scream about abuse of their info.
If they want to blame someone for their problems,all they have to do is look in the mirror.That is if they can get their head out of their butts long enough.
Leo

[muyenp]

I work online, so I really rely on the internet, but like everything else, online information comes at a price. You have to be super careful about which sites you release your personal info to.