As you can see the area I’ve chosen to discuss deals with Identity, Privacy, and Safety, I believe this to be a major problem not only in the United States, but around the world. It's interesting to know how your privacy can be invaded, your identity stolen, and just how unsafe certain things can actually be.
You always tend to hear about someone identity getting stolen or someone’s privacy getting invaded in some way in the news. Either someone’s credit card number has been stolen or someone's identity is being used in another state or country. It's amazing how long these problems have existed without there being a straight up complete way to put it to an end. An effective way on how to protect yourself, your family, and your friends should be available to the public.
The topics in this area vary from watching what you put on Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr and other social networks to being careful on where you decide to shop online or website you have to give out any information you wouldn't want others to know or have. Being able to give examples like real life stories and provide information on how to avoid it is what inspires to me write about this.
I agree that you need to be careful of what you post on social network sites. Posting inappropriate things could harm you in the future when employers see what you posted. You should also be careful what sites you purchase things off of. Make sure that the site is reliable before giving your information.
ReplyDeleteI too chose "Identity, Privacy, & Safety" to blog about, and it never occurred to me to talk about online shopping and the risks involved there. As someone who does it a lot, I definitely look forward to what you have to say about it. Simply reading your introduction makes me realize I need to slow down and be more careful about what information I share when purchasing things online.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your last paragraph. Sometimes people say that they don't know how their information gets out and the truth is that they put it out there. By saying where they are, with who, and what they are doing. They even post things about being in the shower and when they are home alone. Simple things like these can be used for example to break in someones house.
ReplyDeleteI know we don't think a simply status update on facebook like that can cause something so bad but, it can.
As for shopping online, one of the biggest things i keep in mind is if it's not a big website that you cant trust don't buy from it. Another wise thing to do is maybe ask around, see if other people have used that website and how reliable it is.