Monday, April 30, 2012

Facebook and internet privacy concerns

Facebook is only one of all of the websites out there that has access to countless pieces of your information. It sucks, but it's true. The thing is, your information is put on the internet by you. I would never post anything on the internet that would be so personal that I would be afraid would be shared with other companies. Do you need to put your telephone number on Facebook? If somebody wants it, they can message you for it.

With pictures and things that you may not want certain people seeing, delete them. If they are not yours, ask the person who added them to delete them, or simply "untag" yourself.

Facebook's default settings may be a little too revealing, but people should not be so foolish not to explore the website and see exactly what they are sharing with the world before they put it out there. If they were actually concerned, they would change the settings before sharing their life story with a website.

Like I said on my last post, If you don't want your information floating around out there, don't put it there. Do not log onto these websites if you are too paranoid about what may be done with your information. You are the one who clicked that you agreed with the terms and privacy policy, when, let's face it, we all know you didn't even glance at it.

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