Security and Privacy go hand in hand! Or does it?

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Privacy Really?

I’ve been commenting on Gail Garners Blog about how Google mail is putting ads in the emails. Now I have done at least one post about Privacy and you not having it. If you haven’t read my post then I will give a outline of that post.

It basically boils down to some main points that I will discuss on this post:

No-one is Immune on the Net — Anyone and everyone has some information floating out on the internet and even celebrity information that they don’t want you find can be found if you look hard enough.

Know the Information before anyone else — Seriously if you want to keep track of what is being put out on the net about you. Have Google email you when either name or some other information that you are looking for gets put out on the net.

Be Ready for Anything — There isn’t much you can do to actually be ready for Anything but it is more of a statement to yourself that “Nothing will surprise you.”. Sometimes just taking a long hard look at your life and remembering some of this can be quite concerning, so you should be ready for someone to find out and have an answer for them.

Our life are infinitesimal compared to the scheme of things — Everyday, I am constantly thinking what can I do to make someone’s else happy. I find blogging makes me happy but I always want to make others just as happy as I am sometimes. I sometimes like to wake up in the morning and just thank God for each day I can bring something new to my readers!

How Security is involved in Privacy

If you read the title and was a little curious why security is crucial to privacy. It does not take a rocket scholar to figure this out. If your are one to worry about your privacy then you should be also worrying about what information is leaking out on the internet from sources that you have no control over. This means you have to figure out just how far you willing to go.

Friends — Sometimes your privacy is left to who you decide who your friends are. They might accidentally mention your name or some other random tidbit about you. It all depends on who your really trust and tell them not to share your information.

Family — Almost the exact same people as friends but since they are your family, there may or may not be trust so you will have to deal with them in your own way. This is why I grouped them separately!

Services — If your ever signed up for Facebook or other social websites than you have not truely read the Terms of Service. Most of them, if not all, require to the user to have personal information on there server. In turn, someone could get on there server illegally and copy all those names and information.

As with my previous post about epsilon having been hacked. If you have a computer or the internet then your information is slowly being leaked and there is nothing you can do about it. You can minimize it but that is about all.

I want to hear from you. Do you think you can still be invisible on the internet? Leave a comment or ask a question. I’d love to hear what you have to say!