Internet and personal data: you may have problems in the future?
By zenith2007
@zenith2007 (241)
Italy
July 16, 2008 8:53am CST
In these modern times are witnessings the rapid spread of social networks type YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, etc. ...and in my opinion this is a good thing for both the creators of the various sites for people who frequent these places.
The first see their earnings grow so recovering their investment.
The second have places where very freedom and carelessness can share their information, their ways of thinking, their concerns, their photos, their video and all that wish to share.
The point however is to understand where we can and we must push all this and how tto use light.
The question we should ask ourselves is whether this phenomenon of the exchange of information and images that remain in the network can determine in the future, especially when access to employement, serious risks for young and very young, who often use these technologies?
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4 responses
@zenith2007 (241)
• Italy
17 Jul 08
People who want to steal the identities are always lurking.
Some even looking in search engines name and surname of an individual can build a good part of this life and then to use his personal profile.
Another case is also very common in phishing: method by which you steal personal data to access services that normally uses such as bank account or credit card.
About phishing I found a blog that publishes all phishing emails arrived in the author's mail, here's the address http://it-phishing.blogspot.com. Too bad it is in Italian only. To know if a blog or site similar but in english?
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
17 Jul 08
I am not familiar with such a site in English, but I think it would be rather labor intensive to have to keep updating that. It might be easier just to have a program that deletes all e-mails that come from senders who are not on your approved list. Of course the best way would be if the program said "This person is not on your approved list, should we accept, reject, or bounce?"
But you are right. Even here on myLot I have seen people reveal enough information so that anyone with the slightest search skills can track down their full name, address, and phone number. I am not as trusting as many people seem to be.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
I would say you have to be careful with your information. I know if you write anything, even if it is in innocence, some spammer can use it. I write novels and I did have it in a critique group and then I found that some spammer used one of the names of the characters as his spam email address, that is also the ones that include my own name and last name. There are some means of letting people know what you are that would not hurt.
But there are others that might offend people, or be taken the wrong way. But that does not mean we have to be afraid of informing others about us.
@zenith2007 (241)
• Italy
17 Jul 08
Certain. Why we should not inform others about us? Only that I believe we must be careful and use all the experience accumulated so as not to fall into traps of shady individuals.
@missbdoll (1165)
• Australia
17 Jul 08
Funny I was only thinking the other day about identity theft from info people put online.I was just wandering if any6one even thought about that, with some of the stuff they put on some sites.
I'm on an internet auction site that has a lot of forums and I'm amazed sometimes what peopl will get on and discus, I really very personal stuff.I wander if some people just donn't think about reprocusions.
I even tend to worry about sites like Facebook, and putting your name, then if someone has your birthday, I'd worry about identity theft, I feel like it's giving people a good start.
@zenith2007 (241)
• Italy
17 Jul 08
The solution is only one must be careful to data that you enter! Ever!
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
16 Jul 08
I've heard of several people who have lost out on jobs because their prospective employers looked online and found things they had posted--pictures, comments, rude jokes and the like. It's best not to put racy pictures of yourself up, best to act like your mother taught you! That way you won't lose out on a job or have people think you're something you're not--or find out how you really are! 
@zenith2007 (241)
• Italy
17 Jul 08
I believe that in Internet must be as we behave every day in real life.
Would yo like to publish in the newspaper of your city somehow your photo you portrays in attitudes inappripriate? I think not. So why publish them in Internet?
