The other week, i was watching Sunday Morning with my parents and this clip came on. Did the internet Kill Privacy?
This article basically describes a school teacher who was asked to resign from her job because of inappropriate pictures found on Facebook. She had taken a European trip stopping in a Guiness brewery. Here, she had taken pictures that were then put on Facebook of her with alcohol. She thought her Facebook page was private and could only be seen if you were friends with her. Somehow the school found out about these pictures of her with alcohol. She was asked to resign or be suspended from her job because these pictures were found inappropriate.
The article continues to ask are we losing control of privacy? We are giving it away every time we buy credit cards, use our cell phones, post pictures on social networks and even just sending emails. It is easy for the right person to just hack into these media devices and reveal our personal lives.
I most definitely believe that technology has a strong impact on killing privacy. We need to be more aware and more careful on what we put on the internet.
So, Do you think that the internet has kiiled privacy?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/06/sunday/main7323148.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE
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I agree that the Internet is taking away our privacy. At the same time, though, if we didn't want things on the Internet, then we can just not post it. As for social networking sites, I think if there's anything that you don't want people to know, then don't have it available for people to see. In that teacher's case though, I don't think that's fair that she was forced to resign just because there were pictures of her drinking beer. If it was like pictures of her getting wasted and partying excessively, then I understand, but otherwise, it's an overreaction.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Facebook is public domain! Yes, it is unfortunate that this woman was actually fired as a result of the pictures that were put on the Internet, but in reality much of the blame for the situation lies with her. People just need to be more careful about what they release into the World Wide Web.
We are definitely losing our privacy, but we can't blame this on the internet. The internet is simply the means by which we reveal ourselves these days. The fault lies with people having no concept of privacy. Facebook has plenty of privacy setting available, but nine times out of ten a user won't take the time to even turn them on. It is convenient to think that our lives within social media will not affect our real lives, but it is highly unrealistic. The easy solution is to be aware and make use of the highest levels of internet privacy--and still be cautious about what you make available to people.
I think that the internet is definitely taking away our privacy. Although, I think that there are ways you can prevent people from seeing things, such as privacy settings on facebook, but even with that people still are able to know what you look like through your profile picture and other things of the sort.
Like Laura said, Facebook is public domain. Regardless of privacy settings, information and pictures posted online are not private; therefore, it is essential that Internet users take responsibility for what they're sharing. More than ever, I think it is important to use discretion. With instances like these, the Internet is not what is compromising privacy - rather, it is Internet users comprising their own privacy.
I believe that the internet has opened the doors for people who would not ordinarily be involved in our day to day lives to keep track of what we are doing. While the positive side of this is that we can keep in touch with people we don't see on a regular basis, it also can lead to gossip and miscommunication.
Everyone has been preached to about the dangers of sharing personal information on the internet and warned against posting anything you "wouldn't want your grandmother to see." With potential employers and even colleges admitting students or hiring employees after reviewing their facebook pages or google searching their names, we have to be increasingly careful of what we post online.
I do not believe the internet is taking away our privacy; I do believe that we are giving our privacy away to the internet. Any privacy we lose to the internet is nobody's fault but our own. If the school has an anti-alcohol policy for it's faculty, the teacher should have at least kept the details of her trip to herself instead of foolishly posting pictures of her trip where here Facebook friends, likely including those positioned above her, could see them.
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