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I quite happily use social media etc for all the things I want to be public; if there's something that I don't want to be public, I don't put it on the internet

• betterunix 13y ago
  Privacy is not just about what is public. A hidden camera in your bathroom is an invasion of your privacy regardless of whether the videos are made public. Social networking sites are littering the web with web bugs, tracking cookies, and other invasive methods of recording more than you explicitly share with them -- how is that not an invasion of privacy?
• ivarv 13y ago
  Keep in mind that it is possible to infer / derive a lot of meaningful data about you from a relatively small sample size. From political leanings via social networks (personal associations are very strong data points) to samples of your personal writing style (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry )
  • eclipxe 13y ago
    And why is this bad?
    • gnosis 13y ago
      There's a long and sordid history of people being persecuted and discriminated against because of their political opinions. Sexual orientation can also often be derived from data such as your movie viewing preferences (ala NetFlix). You are no doubt aware that people have been discriminated against based on their sexual orientation as well. Other data that is collected on you could be used for harrassment, stalking, and identity theft.
    • ivarv 13y ago
      It's bad in that it is difficult for an individual to track exactly what they have revealed about themselves. It is very easy for someone to unintentionally reveal more than they may have intended. (this is in reference to OP stating that they only use social media for posting things they don't mind being public)
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