Blog Post #4: Online Privacy

When we think of privacy, we immediately think of, closed doors, closed shades, and locks, but do these ideas apply in the internet world as well as reality and do they have the same effect. The answer is yes they do. We can effectively protect our identities online by being smart and varying our passwords and usernames. Yet on a daily basis we see people giving out information to different social networking sites and online sellers who can easily use that to their advantage. According to Steve Lohr, “people often dole out all kinds of personal information on the Internet that allows such identifying data to be deduced.” This is a plane and simple fact, we as Internet users are sometimes not as safe as we should be. We constantly give out personal information on websites that are not secured or encrypted. So the question is, as an Internet user is your privacy completely gone? The answer is, as an Internet user your privacy and safety is up to you, as long as you are smart you can keep your life private and safe.