Privacy

...we need a little...

I feel like I'm a pretty private person. All my life, I've heard and have known that there is some "mystery" that hangs over my head. In most cases, there is no one person that knows me, that truly knows me. I only give so much about who I am.

One thing I will fill you in on is, I've been known to do my own personal investigative work on things that I want to know about; hair, men, books, etc. I am VERY thorough with my research. Since I've been on sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc., I've guaranteed that I am totally protected privately. Therefore, my pages are locked and I have to approve any and all things that may go through.

Here's the thing....

Over the last few weeks, I have been able to access people's information on sites, like the ones mentioned above, whose pages are private. I am no tech guru. I don't know any special codes, nor do I hack! I am not friends with these people, but I'm all up in their photos like I am! I'm reading their notes as if they were addressed to me! I'm friending their friends! WTF?! I shouldn't be able to stalk you unless I'm in someone else's car! I shouldn't be able to get incriminating information on you, unless I were getting paid a couple hundereds per hour! Point blank and period!

When you don't take the time to completely go through a site, and moderate what's going on, you lose. You lose EVERYTHING! Companies aren't hiring people because of the half-naked pic of you and your significant other in the bed, posted on Facebook. Families aren't speaking to one another because of the blog post you made on Myspace. People are losing their lives because of the video they posted on Youtube, and thought it would be cool for the world to see!

I still write in a journal (when I keep up with it), unless I'm in a blogging mood, and in that case, I still don't reveal who's who! I only trust certain people with information, not my cousin's best friend on her daddy's side twice-removed by marriage! I remember codes, and passwords, just in case software like Password Keeper (for all my Blackberry users) decides it wants to throw in the towel! I delete files on my computer and on my phone as often as possible, because people will put you on blast at any given moment!

We have somehow gotten out of tune with doing the basics. Luckily, I'm the type of girl that has learned from other people's mistakes! Learn to limit what other people do (and can do to you for that matter)!