Comments on: Privacy in a Very Open Internet http://techticker.net/2008/02/17/privacy-in-a-very-open-internet/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/02/17/privacy-in-a-very-open-internet/#comment-47 Mike Bogle Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:11:13 +0000 http://mbogle.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-47 Interestingly someone who stumbled through here didn't like this post too much and said something to the effect of "well if you don't want people knowing about you, then don't use social software." Her language was much less polished and carried with it serious negative undertones, but on a basic level the point is true enough. On the other hand she also seriously missed the point of this post, which is to be careful and consider the ramifications of your content before it's made public. I'm a firm believer in the power and value of social software not just in education, but to bring people together from across cultures and nationalities. The new web is an incredible thing. The situation need not be black and white - e.g. use it or don't. My point is that this technology is extraordinarily powerful and valuable, but needs to be used wisely. Interestingly someone who stumbled through here didn’t like this post too much and said something to the effect of “well if you don’t want people knowing about you, then don’t use social software.”

Her language was much less polished and carried with it serious negative undertones, but on a basic level the point is true enough.

On the other hand she also seriously missed the point of this post, which is to be careful and consider the ramifications of your content before it’s made public.

I’m a firm believer in the power and value of social software not just in education, but to bring people together from across cultures and nationalities. The new web is an incredible thing.

The situation need not be black and white - e.g. use it or don’t. My point is that this technology is extraordinarily powerful and valuable, but needs to be used wisely.

]]> By: Lani http://techticker.net/2008/02/17/privacy-in-a-very-open-internet/#comment-46 Lani Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:43:11 +0000 http://mbogle.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-46 It really is staggering taken all together, an considering the ages at which people are now beginning to leave their footprints on the web - ages when caution and discretion are not very well developed - I can only imagine the long term vulnerabilities this could create. While Marissa Schneider's situation "seems" like an unlikely occurrence, there are any number of ways in which that very full profile we unintentionally create can be exploited. But I see no solution to it, no matter how cautious we are. I really don't. It really is staggering taken all together, an considering the ages at which people are now beginning to leave their footprints on the web - ages when caution and discretion are not very well developed - I can only imagine the long term vulnerabilities this could create.

While Marissa Schneider’s situation “seems” like an unlikely occurrence, there are any number of ways in which that very full profile we unintentionally create can be exploited.

But I see no solution to it, no matter how cautious we are. I really don’t.

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