jueves, 21 de enero de 2010

Growing up online

Identity Play
Now days whatever we post online is seen by tens, thousands, millions, billions and trillions of people. We might think that only because we say "ONLY FRIENDS CAN SEE THIS" half of the people we don;t know will end up seeing it. Think about this, our friends have friends we don;t know, so if we have a picture of me and Priscila she might show her the picture to her friends in Japan . Then those people can drag our picture to their desktop and BOOM all of our information is shared.Also soemtimes we add someone we don;t knoe maybe theri name is the same. Last week I had a friend request from a girl named Fernanda HERNADEZ. When i was younger my bff in Acapulco our vacation place was Fernanda Hernandez. I had no mutual friends. I accepted her but then i realized by seeing her pictures and all that , that she wasn;t her.I had accepted a total stranger. I realized taht 3 days later so by then she or he or them could have gotten all the information they needed to kidnapp me. This may sound exagerated but it's happened before.There are also certain things you should and certain things you shouldn;t post online. The information that you give if crucial when having an account or using internet. You should never, give your real adress or your city or your home number. Also you should never tell someone you barley know where you live when they ask you your adress. This things can put you and your family in danger.People that see the things you upload are mainly friends or people you know. When you upload something you are trying to show them your recent events .Sometimes the worst thing is that people tagg us in pictures and their friends cans see who you are and where you live. They can also spot you easily in other pictures orin events you could assist. Posting things online is also dangerous because some people for example your friends can also post things up and other people can see where you've been and with who you hag-out and the places you visit frequently.The things we post may be directed for a certain audience such as our friends but we should always be aware of what we post and where we post it.

1 comentario:

  1. Debora's Identity Play



    - I really do think that Debora has got the right idea on what is identity play.

    She knows that the things we post on our blog will define whether or not you put yourself in danger.

    She also mentions that even if you don't put personal information, your frineds might post something about you.

    This may be seen by frineds of friends, and the friends of those friends, and so on.

    This can result in kidnap, and I agree with Debo. This is what I think about her paragraph.

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