Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past"

Google's Eric Schmidt says that people's private lives are so well documented now that the young will have to change their names when reaching adulthood to avoid their youthful indiscretions. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Schmidt says: "I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time." A fresh start from the stupid things you did as a kid seems like a good thing. Now we just need a way to get rid of the dreaded family photo album.

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Re:Your Favorite Youthful Indiscretion?

[Anonymous Coward]

I once bought an Alanis Morrisette album. (posted anonymously for obvious reasons)

Forward thinkers

[travdaddy]

"the young will have to change their names when reaching adulthood to avoid their youthful indiscretions"

OK guys, I have to admit, girls are WAY ahead of us on this one.