“…I have a daughter on Facebook [as well] and she’s the generation where every aspect to her life is documented, if not on Facebook, somewhere online and to know that’s going on is scary,” Henderson said.
After reading this post on KELOLAND.com about “Your Digital Dossier”, I was frightened. I myself have a facebook, and wondered if documents that I had posted in the past, or sites I have been to and commented on; Is that where my Digital Identity extends?
“A lot of people have Facebook, Twitter. You can Google anyone’s name and it pulls up some information. I’m not surprised the information is out there. There’s information in the phonebook. It’s different seeing it all in one place,” KELOLAND News Producer Tyson Plastow.
GOOGLE? Fine, then. So, I Googled myself.
And I have never been so surprised.
I had posted comments and joined sites when I was in the Philippines before; such as www.multiply.com, or Friendster, and apparently my name was added to a site called ‘blogspot’ of which my Grade 6 class created a site for us.
Of course, there were also other sites where I SWEAR I did not go to. This was probably another person in the world who has the same name as I.
But to be able to see my “identity” posted online. Where other people can also read and see about who I am. The fact that “Our digital footprints are made up from all the data we leave behind from every digital interaction. That footprint grows as we engage further and more deeply with the digital economy.” is true… makes me wonder from how far back does this extend?
“I don’t think they have proven to be trustworthy to be the owners of our online identity. So that really spoke to me when I saw they were spreading out beyond just their website and becoming a platform for the web.” (as from Today’sTHV.com) Not many people know about facebook, and this can be good in a way. But
I learned that privacy is very important. We must learn more about privacy in order to avoid things such as cyber-bullying. If we want to protect our digital identity, our digital dossier, we must take the next step! (Read on! PART 2!)
SITES: http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6373.cfm?Id=100252
http://www.silicon.com/technology/security/2010/04/30/data-privacy-who-really-owns-the-digital-you-39745758/
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=105475&catid=2
