Thursday, April 22, 2010

Privacy & Confidentiality

In the internet base new media, with all types of social networking sites, personal information is really easy to be spread without our notice. Therefore, privacy and confidentiality must be taken into account prior to post anything online. I think with regard to these two issues of privacy & confidentiality, it is really out of our control in today’s internet base social networking. If you don’t post any personal information on the social networking sites, nobody is going to add you as friend, it violated the principle of socialize. Online social networking has become the fashion and will become the tradition of social life. In order to adjust yourself into this fashion, you must give out some of your privacy rights. Losses and gains are always two inseparate components. However, lost of privacy is really a serious problem. The identity thefts can use your information to do something harmful. I would like to share a little story of mine. Just 3 days ago, I received a mail with a $100 rebate card under my name from AT&T. But I never has any business with AT&T. I soon realized it must be someone who had used my information. And if there is a rebate card, then there must be a bill follows. So, I definitely can’t redeem this rebate card. And I called AT&T with regarding to this issue and cancelled the rebate card. AT&T also promised me, they will handle my case with no future obligation. This lesson taught us that internet and social networking sites are very unsafe, but I am still using them. Just can’t get away and live without it. That’s really IRONY.

6 comments:

  1. Well you can get away from the internet. Become a hermit and cease using any technologies. Only use tools that you create yourself.

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  2. Hopefully At&t does take care of the problem. Identity theft is a serious issue and it is why people should be aware of the information they put online.

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  3. I totally agree. I mean, how much information on the internet is completely up to us. If we don't post it, then there won't be any.

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  4. wow that sucks. the same thing happen with my friend and his ebay account.

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  5. People should be more careful of that. Everybody knows how many people are trying to harm others.

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  6. yeah i agree with you but you do not have to post all the personal information because there are a lot of people who might use that information against you in harmful way so you always have to becare full what you post.

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