Privacy Concerns

During class this week in New Media studies, we have been discussing the many privacy concerns that people should be aware of when using social networks and location sharing programs. I personally had never fathomed the potential ramifications for giving to much information online on my facebook page before taking this class. After reading all the class readings, I could not help but ask myself if our generation is too open with the kind of information we make public online without any consideration of the future consequences and if this "shameless attitude" will end up haunting us when we are all adults out in the business world. Although, I find location sharing to be an interesting internet technology, I have always thought that it is a little bit narcissistic. Why does our society think it is normal to be constantly concerned with where other people are? And why do people assume that other people are always worrying where they personally are? It almost seems vain to be constantly updating the status of where one is at every given moment of the day.
Privacy boundaries have started to become extremely blurry these days due to the emersion of recent internet technologies. Is internet activity ever considered a safe or private experience? The answer is no, everything can be replicated with only one click. I found it extremely alarming that even our browser history can be accessed easily. I read an article in a computer magazine discussing this invasion of privacy and how the user must disable the manager history by clearing it and using a few other tips suggested by technicians. Firefox provides a website of tips aiding any user in protecting their privacy and browser history.

(http://malektips.com/mozilla_firefox_-_security_and_privacy_help_and_tips.html)