BLOG: Privacy 11/13

With new power comes new responsibility. More specifically, as we now have many more options when it comes to sharing information, personal information, we need to be more cognizant than ever of what we are sharing and who we are sharing it with.  Actually, we probably need to stop thinking about who we are sharing with when we decide to post something online.  I think we need to operate with very little to no expectation of privacy when it comes to new media.  A major draw of one new tech firm or product to another is privacy.  In fact, one of the fastest growing spaces in regard to technology is the proliferation of internet safety startups.  However, we even need to be wary of these companies as many of them have been unable to deliver on their promises.  Overall, we've entered a new realm of personal safety.  As before we only needed to be aware of our physical surroundings, now its equally as important to be mindful of where we place ourselves and our information on the web.  There are many people looking to take advantage of less savvy users who are unaware of the risks of information sharing online.  After all, the benefit of these new information economies is the mass of people one is able to reach through his internet connection.  We can't expect that all of the users who will receive the information will be good intentioned - this should be common sense learned from ordinary life experience.