Privacy concerns of the Internet – who do you trust?

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

There has been a lot of press lately about privacy (or the lack of it), and the growing mountain of information available online about everyone.

From GPS devices which report your whereabouts to Twitter to Facebook and Google Buzz.

Previously we used to caution everyone to be careful what you post or put on the Internet – but now with so many automatic devices, many people are publishing their entire lives (including when they’re NOT home) to everyone on the net. This is a crossover of “online” security to “physical” security. Do you really trust everyone on the Internet with all the details of your personal life? Where you work, what you do, where you live, pictures of your house with your cars visible – possibly even inside visible?

Examine a couple of these sites for more information:

Twitter Search 4sq

Buzz opens privacy Pandora’s box for Google

Please Rob Me web site – who’s NOT home

So ponder all that the next time you feel the need to tweet that you’re going away on a 3 week vacation.

-David