Saturday, February 22, 2014

"I have nothing to hide.. so it does not affect me"... Or does it? These days, people look for reasons for other people to be wrong and often times, things are taken the wrong way. For example, say a friend takes a picture of you randomly and innocently eating a banana and posts it to UNH Banana Eaters and tags you in it. Then, a future employer sees it and suddenly you're at risk for sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. When posting things online, you have to realize that the second you hit "send", that information is out there for anyone and everyone to see forever, even after you delete it. So yes, maybe a middle schooler is not concerned about this banana picture, but as an adult searching for jobs, up against multiple other employee options, it is an issue of concern. The way I see it is that the information that you put online is like a secret that you share in high school; you might post something to one person, send one picture to one person, but suddenly the whole world has access to it through the power of sharing. Though I have tried very hard to monitor my own social media, I know that some things could be taken the wrong way and the only way to completely solve this problem is to get rid of it altogether. But even then, the things I used to have posted would still be there. Its like the advertisements that you see when one candidate running for election bad mouthes another; many times it is just that person manipulating the information and making it seem worse than it is. Privacy is definitely a huge area of concern when it comes to the internet and everyone should be concerned.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Lindsey I think your blog is great. All of your points make perfect sense. Its not always about the person themselves being concerned its about people they are unaware of who can see them. They only think about themselves they aren't thinking outside the box.

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