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I believe security as we know it will be different in 10 years time, and that your request will be granted. However your post brought up a very thought-provoki
by Casseres 14y ago
I believe security as we know it will be different in 10 years time, and that your request will be granted.
However your post brought up a very thought-provoking point in my opinion:
I was intrigued by your point that today's parents are publishing details of tomorrow's adults. I have friends that are sharing pictures of their children, embarrassing stories of their children, and personal details of their children's lives. 20 years ago, parents shared that kind of by word of mouth to other friends, or showed pictures at a family get-together. The spread of that kind of information would usually die when reaching the intended recipient. Now with the Internet, that information lives on and spreads much further, and is accessible to strangers for who knows how many years. How can the adults of tomorrow expect a right to privacy when they can't even control what is being shared about them today?
My baby pictures live in a drawer in my parent's house (and on my hard drive just in case the originals accidentally get destroyed). I want my family and descendants to be able to have those pictures, not the whole world. Today's children (tomorrow's adults) aren't getting that option when their parents post their pictures and stories online.
It will probably be about 10 years before I start having children, and I will do my best to keep their lives private. Though with my friends having children today, how can I ask them not to share stories and pictures of their children without seeming insensitive? I certainly can't make the argument as a fellow parent. I can try to convince politely that they are destroying any notion of privacy for their children.
The world is only going to get more interesting as technology gets more advanced, and as humanity grows up with the technology.