People get very riled up about privacy issues online, and I always have to wonder, who are you hiding from?
You, when you said your Facebook profile to ‘private’, what information are you protecting? And who are you protecting it from?
In a free society, you have nothing to hide from anyone. In a free society, there is no reason to fear for your cell numbers or your bank account… or identity theft.
Hackers have shown time and again that no matter what restrictions are placed on them, they’ll find a way around it. Look at Wikileaks, who gave the keynote speech at HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth). Even the most private, secret information corporations and governments are trying to hide is slipping out….
What does this mean for humanity? Living in a world where transparency is ubiquitous. Seems to be where we’re heading, and it seems to me a step in the right direction.
next day edit:
(thought this was very relevant to what I was trying to say)
Change the world with social networking from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
just want to fly under the radar as much as possible, not using any of the privacy settings just feels like inviting pain. we have all seen posts where someone ends up at the ‘wrong’ site and then leaves a trail of hate and profanity for something they do not understand, or even have interest in, you know, share their misery. I’ll open up when its safe…of course there is always the circle of trust
I don’t understand why letting people see your facebook posts is inviting pain? Because someone might stumble on it and start trolling you page and swearing? I mean, yeah it’s possible and it happens, but if you don’t feed the trolls, or attempt to take your discussion with them private (where they don’t have an audience) they tend to go away and find someone else to bug.
At least that’s what I’ve found.