The theme of these assigned readings was warning the reader about the potential dangers digital information about you on the web. The chapter in the text used an example of a generic child and counted through all the files and copies of files were available about him and how by the time that he was in college he would have almost no control over is "digital Dossier". The Article talked in great detail about the dangers and risks social networking sites and how they compared to those of dating sites. The Primary difference being that on social networking sites it is much harder to fool a potential mate because of the links and connections one has to real people who can confirm or deny that anything the person says is true.
When you update your facebook page how do you filter your post so that you only put up data that you feel comfortable sharing with the web? Do you think about people viewing your page other than your accepted facebook "friends"?
I find it surprising that there isn't a bigger emphasis outside of this class on the dangers of posting information online. I never really thought about how my name can come in a Google search if something in my Facebook profile matches the search entry.
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