"Stop putting your life on Facebook!" my mother screams to me on one of our daily chats. I completely understand where she's coming from, yet, we both love the way she can keep up with me and the kids by browsing through pics and posts all the way from California. When I really think about it, people I haven't seen since elementary school know my whole life's story. Do I really want that? I'm torn. So last night I did what everyone with a love-hate relationship with Facebook does. I deactivated.
How important is privacy really? So I've heard about internet stalkers and predators. And that should be enough to keep my mouth shut (or my fingertips off the keys) when it comes to where I'm at, what I'm doing, or who I'm with. But it's not. And it's certainly not for the billions of other users of all the social networks. Everyone's guilty of sacrificing their privacy at one point or another for the sake of a great comment or "Like." In some cases, that sacrifice has led to dangerous and unfortunate ends.
However much the majority truly wants privacy is probably the same number of internet sites that want to give it to us. Billions are made from internet ads that are sent to us based on our personal information. And as much outrage that may stir up in people it isn't enough to keep them from disclosing it all down to the way they like their salads tossed. ""The sector also may benefit from the views of average people, said Linda Woolley, executive vice president of government affairs at the Direct Marketing Association. Despite recent controversies over Google's privacy policies, "you didn't hear of people cancelling their Gmail accounts.""From where I sit, I do not see hordes of Americans running to Capitol Hill saying we need to do something about this," she said." (Web giants' consumer privacy strategy faces hard sell by Jasmin Melvin: Reuters)
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