As my LJ name is my real name (this was my username before I changed it to my real name) I can't really say a thing about online privacy...although, I think 'I give up' comes to mind.
Social networking is fine and dandy, but there is NO CONCEPT of privacy, you do have to use pseudonyms and different accounts because even if you set your security tighter than a Scott's purse sites change these settings or things get through via your network of friends/contacts. Some sites (Yahoo! for example) are nice enough to share comments you make elsewhere on their site or associated sites with your mail contacts, or generally with the whole world, and once it's out there that's that. I'll admit I do try to make myself easy to find, but I think this causes more harm than good.
It baffles me when privacy is so important, when fraud is such a problem, that so many social networking sites and sites in general don't seem to respect privacy or even seem to go out of their way to take away peoples right to privacy and protection of personal data./
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Social networking is fine and dandy, but there is NO CONCEPT of privacy, you do have to use pseudonyms and different accounts because even if you set your security tighter than a Scott's purse sites change these settings or things get through via your network of friends/contacts. Some sites (Yahoo! for example) are nice enough to share comments you make elsewhere on their site or associated sites with your mail contacts, or generally with the whole world, and once it's out there that's that. I'll admit I do try to make myself easy to find, but I think this causes more harm than good.
It baffles me when privacy is so important, when fraud is such a problem, that so many social networking sites and sites in general don't seem to respect privacy or even seem to go out of their way to take away peoples right to privacy and protection of personal data./
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