Speak my mind

Isn’t it ironic how people indiscriminately post their pictures and information on the net. People never realize the danger in divulging too much information on the net.

Most of us are very sensitive when other people encroach on our private lives. We usually get offended if someone would talk about us behind our back. I for one didn’t realized the danger in posting some pictures during my college days. Most of it were from parties and outings.

It only dawned on me that some of those pictures can be used against me to ruin my reputation once I become a professional. Although that was merely a stage in my life where I had little or no responsibilities.  There is still the possibility of those pictures to ruin the chance of me being hired in a high and respectable position if someone uses it against me.

Although most of the pics would never affect me in the future, my concern is the information I have divulged in the net about my self. A lot of information is available on the net that we only dream of having years ago. The trend in social networking has increased the availability of information about a person to the public.

In the past we used to worry about the threat of the government having too much information about us available at their disposal. We were concerned about the concept of BIG BROTHER that there was even a movies made about it, “Enemy of the State” and “The Net” are a few. What we failed to notice right now is that we are the once who are creating the Big Brother concept. The information we willingly provide on the net is what comprises it.

It is only a matter of time that someone would utilize this, or maybe someone has already utilized this without us even knowing it.