Serious question: Does all the stuff you share online make you nervous? How nervous?
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Serious question: Does all the stuff you share online make you nervous? How nervous?
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dannyjbixby says
“Does all the stuff you share online make you nervous?”
No. Not even a little.
Privacy concerns aside, most of the complaints about this sort of thing from people I know are some version or another of the same complaint. That being “A person who I didn’t want to know about a specific aspect of my life now knows about it. And now I’m in trouble, uncomfortable, or them finding out has made my life more difficult in some way.”
I just don’t understand this mindset.
As the vid quoted, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”
We seem so concerned about what specific people find out about us, and the secrets or info that we keep from each other under the guise of privacy. When really, we should only be concerned about what one person knows about us. And he is already well aware of the things we think we’re keeping from everyone else.
/end rant
Stuart says
But it goes beyond that … what happens when a company obtains information about you that you never released but was actually released by someone you know (if even only obliquely)… and then that information prevents you getting a job you were after.
Then it becomes a problem and not one you created.
Nathan Edwards says
*Blissfully ignores all suggestions of google’s evilness and carries on as normal*
brett barner says
hahaha! Nice.
brett barner says
Well made video. I wouldn’t mention “Beast” and “global” and “information” too much around some people. They might start drawing lines of conclusion that they have with scanners and bar codes…
dannyjbixby says
Break out the tin foil.
Stephen Bateman says
Am I concerned? No.
But I’m constantly surprised how many people have no idea how much information is out there on them.
I had an interview with a prospective employer a few months ago (I only knew his first name and company). 10 minutes of googling and I had his phone number, alma mater and year, email addresses, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Not because I’m *that* good, it’s just *that* easy.
Bottom line is: Nothing is private, and it never will be. Smile for the camera…
Aaron Melton says
Nervous enough.
And, there are plenty of us that have something to hide. Otherwise, cell phone numbers would be public knowledge, debit cards wouldn’t have PINs and bathroom stalls wouldn’t have doors.
“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”
I’ll be anxiously monitoring my mailbox for a personal message from Mr. Schmidt containing Google’s Intellectual Property.
(And in the same vein of this movie, I have put a decent amount of thought into breaking away from Google services. I’d really miss the heck out of Google Voice, though.) ๐
Scott Magdalein says
If you don’t share private information, then there’s nothing to worry about. IMO
Stuart says
There speaks a man who’s never had anything revaled about them by a third party ๐
Nick Shoemaker says
On one hand- I am freaked out by this. And, want to search (using Google) for all the conspiracy theories out there about this.
On the other hand. I really don’t care. Jesus wins. I know, cuz I cheated and read the back of the Bible.
And yes- I do agree with the privacy statement- if you don’t want people to know about it, you probably shouldn’t be doing it.
This brings up the greater question for churches and ministries about privacy. As the Church, should we be concerned about it? Should we be doing anything that requires secrecy/privacy?
I really can’t think of anything that should be done to the degree of privacy that if it got out we’d be upset.
Transparency right?
Josh Miles says
I like the video….well made, for sure. That being said, I’m not worried. ๐
David Knapp says
If it made me nervous I wouldn’t do it in the first place.
Daniel Decker says
I’m probably more worried about handing my check card to the dude at the restaurant who might go make a copy of my digits than I am about what I share online. Online profiling for the sake of ad content is honestly fine by me… we are bombarded with ads anyways so I’d much rather at least get served ads that I might have a better chance at being interested in.
Kyle Reed says
Yes and no. Obviously not to much because I share it online, but when I read stuff about people tracking others foursquare activity etc…that stuff is a little nerve racking.
And the google stuff gets me with how they know my social security number.