Privacy: Did We Have Any in the First Place? - Slide 17
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User Beware – and Aware
Richard Clooke, Worldwide Review Program Manager, PC Tools: "As the popularity of social networking sites grows and users become more comfortable with creating an online identity, privacy has become increasingly complex. Internet users need to be aware of the accessibility of their various online profiles to ensure cybercriminals can't capture their personal information. With governments around the world initiating mandatory Internet filters or introducing bills pertaining to digital activity, it's important for users to be aware that their online behavior is not always as private as they might believe."
Is privacy dead or alive? Privacy advocates say it shouldn't be and that we need to be more careful about what we share and don't share online. Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt and others in similar positions say no one wants privacy anymore. And then there are those who stand to make a buck by convincing us that privacy is teetering on the edge of extinction, but their software or their service can help us keep our privacy alive.Our Lora Bentley decided to throw the question out there to see if anyone else had a different idea. So in a completely unscientific poll of roughly 20 folks who responded to an e-mail, Lora found six who say privacy is alive and three who think it is dead beyond any hope of revival. The more interesting responses came from those who fell somewhere in the middle. Some offer tips for consumers who want to keep their private lives private, others point to what various businesses offer to help do the same. They agree that regulation plays a part, but essentially, they say online privacy is what you make it. You have to decide what you're comfortable disclosing and then do the work required to protect the rest of it.
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