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Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
antdude writes "Pew Internet reports that: 'Teens are sharing more info about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information. Despite taking these privacy-protective actions, teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data.'"
Film at 11.
You should be aware social media such as twitter and facebook forward your data to third-party companies. A reportage has been published on this : the real facebook
I'm so glad that today's social media options didn't exist when I was at school. I shudder to think of the things I would have thought would be fun to post on the internet.
Yesterday, I watched an old episode of "The Rockford Files" from 1977 -- a serious two-parter about a private consortium committing various crimes while setting up a secret computer system to track consumers. The episode ended with a black screen and a chilling message from NBC:
"Secret information centers, building dossiers on individuals, exist today. You have no legal right to know abut them, prevent them, or sue for damages. Our liberty may well be the price we pay for permitting this to continue unchecked -- Member, U.S. Privacy Protection Commission."
teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data
And two year olds haven't learnt to balance on their feet yet. At what point of intrusive monitoring of minors do we consider this illegal without parental consent?
ShanghaiBills grandparents were last seen talking to that nice IBM census taker: "Our religion? Sure, all the better for the government to plan our future".
1939, Germany.
Godwin, kiss my sweaty hairy man ass.
Never put anything online you wouldn't want you mum to. Goes doubly so for social networks.
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A12-year-old girl spreading her legs before [what was then] a television.
It happens for every generation... since Walt Disney. Walt Disney was the maestro in raping little girls and stealing little boys' imaginations.
Still innocent about how morally hypocrite the adult world is.
I envy them.
There is nothing wrong with sharing personal information if a person desire to do so, what is wrong is the exploitation of them. This is what we should be enraged about.
Love many, trust a few, do harm to none.
There is a reason my kids dont have FB, Twitter, etc accounts. Until they know what and where to disclose info, not a bright idea to open the flood gates both inbound and outbound. Just sayin.
Yes, America is going through tough times right now, but that doesn't mean kids can't be advised about the long term consequences of using social media.
Your posts were funnier when they were APK trolls
I suppose after their future potential employers dig up their interviewees' FB and nitTwitter posts and start rolling their eyes, that leaves better opportunities for those of us who refused to jump on the social media band wagons.
Unless you've lived under a rock for the last few years, it's pretty obvious that the data aggregators that BUY this data are the real threat here. Sure, you may not mind that browsing for a new Chevy on one website results in Chevy ads targeting you on another site. But what about when all that data about your browsing habits is cross-referenced with personally identifiable information and then sold to data aggregators like Axciom?
They "say" they only sell non-personal marketing information to other advertisors. But the proven truth is that these companys know a LOT more about you than you think. And via analytics, they can accurately infer even more information about you - information you may not have disclosed on the web and that you don't want personally available.
Still think that's not a problem? What happens when your potential employers start paying for background checks from these aggregator databases before they hire you (already happening). What happens when your insurance companies start paying for aggregator information about you before they issue a life/health/automotive policy (already happening)? What happens when someone who wishes you ill pays an aggregator for your profile so they can use that information against you - think divorces, hostile takeovers, competing bid contracts, politics, blackmail, whatever.
It's not just about advertising. Any information you disclose on the web can and will be used against you in the future. And as analytics continues to advance, a lot of information you DON'T disclose on the web will become available as well. And that information is for sale to whomever has the cash - not just advertisers.
Still think it's benign?
I used to think this would happen over the next 100 years, but it sounds like it'll be just a generation or two before it does.
In the future, it will become the social norm to expose all your private details in public, where government and industry can scoop it up and record it forever. If you maintain a sense of privacy, you'll be thought of as weird. Why wouldn't you want to declare your love of Oreo brand sandwich cookies and that you're in the 20K - 30K income bracket and in the 18 - 25 female age demographic? Only oddballs would not want the world to see what they're doing, what are they hiding?
If you don't want everyone to know everything, you're already obsolete in the new society.
More Twoson than Cupertino
> Will an employer be able to find dirt about you? Sure. Will it be worse
> than what they'd have on everybody else? Probably not. Why are
> you so afraid? How is that so detrimental to your well-being?
Assume that you're an HR type or a firm that screens job applicants or or insurance applicants on a contract basis. Let's assume that you go 5 years, and find no dirt on any applicant. the screener's employer will decide that there's no point in paying these people, and let them go. On the other hand, if the HR type or contract screening outfit digs up something on a few percent of applicants, the employer will believe they're getting value for their money, and continue paying for the service.
If you're part of that group they dig up dirt on, you're less likely to get a job or insurance. You don't consider that detrimental to your well-being?
I'm not repeating myself
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