Internet is private? February 15th, 2008
Over the years that I’ve been in the computer industry I’ve seen a lot of people run into issues with the Internet. Increasingly people assume that they’re entitled to some sort of privacy online. I think what a lot of people miss is that once you release your information or pictures online, it’s public. There are some obvious exceptions here such as copyright material, however copyrights don’t seem to bother people as much anymore.
I’ll use an example of a game I play called World of Warcraft. There’s a regular forum troll called Eurekaseven on the realm Fenris. Nearly every day she posts something useless, or information that is not accurate. She whines about people not liking her, and yadda yadda yadda. Well, it turns out she named her myspace after her game character with the realm in front of it. As if asking people to find her. Well, sure enough, someone did. So did the people who don’t like her. Now she’s crying on the forums about how her myspace is personal, and doesn’t want anyone to see it.
I’d just like to remind people. Be aware of what you post online about yourself. Later on down the road you might want a government job and they just might go looking at myspace for you and see you and a few of your friends partying. Not saying there’s anything wrong with having a good time, but employers might look down on this type of action. Lesson learned? Don’t be an idiot, cause someone just might find out who you are.