Karissa Royster
In
today’s society – what is referred to as Generation Facebook – we gladly and
freely give up private information through the internet. No one ever really
asks for this information or urges us to make it available. We simply just give
ourselves up to this gigantic database that can be accessed by people from all
over the globe. Facebook has given us a means for presenting our entire lives
on one little wall: our likes and dislikes, what we look like, our phone
numbers (if you really have no problem with posting that), and further more links to the lives, likes and dislikes, and
photos of those closest to us. Facebook even has an app for “checking in” to
your current location, which if you haven’t noticed conveniently provides a map
of how to get to where you’re located just in case some sociopathic murderer
would like to find you. Twitter even goes further to provoke you to simply
update your life whenever you feel necessary. “Just finished making ramen!
#YouAintAboutDatCollegeLyfeDoe” and “Yo man, someone please tell me what
happened last night!” are pieces of information that used to have no value or
were meant for private conversation that we freely give up to whomever follows
us online. But do we ever stop and think about where this information gets
stored?
Google,
for example, stores every single search done by every single person’s IP
address. This information isn’t necessarily stored with the intention of using
it to your detriment but the fact of the matter is that it can be. The fact of the matter is that your searches and posts
are available somewhere and free to use to someone else’s discretion. As
narcissistic as this may appear, Google yourself.
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