Do You Value Your Online Privacy that Much?

It's important that we value our privacy, whether it's online or not. Privacy is something we actually need to give importance to since it's something that's beginning to be taken from every individual these days. I value my privacy that's why l don't give too much information about myself online. I only give away those that won't identify me to a certain depth.

It is good to be careful with private information. The latest news I have heard is that if you post pictures of your kids from your phone that information can be gotten from the picture.

ronadelle, I think this is a good start about educating people about the importance of guarding one's private confidential information and hence, observe online privacy. However, I just feel that this is not enough considering the majority of these errant youths do not really watch television. I feel that it should have a wider coverage starting with the school's curriculum to include teaching it into their everyday classes, a school roadshow with enforcement authorities, computer classes and most of all, involving parents as well. Currently, I just observe that this area of education had not been complete or rather wholesome which is the reason for it being like a failure when it seems like falling on deaf ears. Lastly, a lot of parents are not encompassing this area well and as such has a lot of breakdowns when it comes down about communicating. When children cannot get their parents to accept and understand their internet activities, then it would automatic for them to turn to their most attentive online "friends" which most of the time turns out to be a devious feign - rapist, serial killer or pedophile. So, I believe there's a need to have a more wholesome approach here.

I find that there is little to no privacy on the internet. I'm afraid to do my banking online because you never know who is spying on you. when I first started using the internet I was working for a website that is no longer on the internet, anyway they owe me some money and did not want to pay me so I complain on their forum site about it and there was other members who were promise payment but was not getting paid. Well, one day I receive an email with an attachment from the website in the attachment was graphics of every website I had surfed I mean everything I couldn't believe the info they had gather on me just by me surfing internet. Oh yes!Eventually they paid me. ...

I agree, I don't think it's worth it to risk putting up phone numbers and that sort of thing. So many teenagers don't even think twice and put up loads of personal information that is up for the world to see, and in their minds their thinking only their friends are viewing it. Almost everyone puts up their real name, as well as I do on Facebook, I don't see much danger in that if you don't put up you're address or phone number or anything like that. People should be more careful with those things and be aware that they should limit the information they put up on public websites.

One should always be carefull what to say or do. If there is something you like to keep private you should do so no matter where you are. Not only the internet is dangerous. The first place that is, is the society. place, street you are living in. We always learned to keep the curtain closed as soon as it is getting dark. Not to show you are not home, not to say on your voicemail you are on a holiday, to take away the post etc so you won't invite burglars into your house. I don't think mylot is dangerous or other public sites are. It's the way we use it, we promote ourselves everywhere, the easy way we give our email, home address, phone number to completely strangers. People we just met by the internet. It's our behavour that puts us in danger. I think it's a very good thing to show a warning like that on television. You have to be alert always what to say and to whom you give what kind of information.

I am an extrovert person yet i keep some privacies covered. Here, in mylot i have crossed almost three years and in this years i have shared most of my life and i am not faced anything danger and hope i will not. I know i am not so important that someone will do something with my privacies. lol. I am not an icon either but i do maintain. Have a nice time.

Of course privacy should be protected. Not only online but also offline. Offline is even more dangerous than offline. Offline people can only do us harm thru net, but offline people can physically harm us. Keep things in private esp our activities and not to disclose online or offline. have a good day

I think that I do value my online privacy a great deal. There are many others however that don't seem to respect the fact that people want privacy online. Or rather value their own privacy. Social networks have become a little too social a lot of the time and it is not a good time to say the very least when you think about it. The unfortunate part is, a lot of this information was shared when people were young and stupid. And once some bit of information is on the Internet, the chances that someone, somewhere has saved it for potential use in the future. That part is the most obvious to say the very least. There are many people who make mistakes with how much information they share and to whom when they are more naive and trusting and do regret it later.

Yes, i value my online privacy very much. I only give the information vital to the opening of the account. But as to other informations, i do not. As to social networking, it's the same. My photos are customized to be shared to my closest friends and relatives. Here at Mylot, i only have one or two picture for my friends to see my family.In addition, i don't want to be tagged in photos. That's how private i am online.

i totally believe in your opinion rona. the bad people are also getting into technology and they have all the information at their fingertips because of the internet. we all must be careful with the things that we share to the world because it can be used to harm us or kill us.