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One of the more alarming phenomena to come out of the internet is the idea that we will continue to pay the price for our youthful transgressions, now that they
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
One of the more alarming phenomena to come out of the internet is the idea that we will continue to pay the price for our youthful transgressions, now that they're all on permanent record.
It's more than a little ironic that the founder of the world's most prominent social network is himself subject to the same attack vector.
- yellowbkpk 16y agoOr maybe the "Facebook generation" that has grown up with the assumption that this sort of information is public will learn how to deal with it just like any other generation has learned to deal with any other new technology or cultural change. When the telephone and telegraph came around did we suddenly stop hiring people because we could check their references without so much as lifting a hand to dial the number or send a telegram?
- Setsuna 16y ago>When the telephone and telegraph came around did we suddenly stop hiring people because we could check their references without so much as lifting a hand to dial the number or send a telegram? I don't understand how this is as dangerous as online records.