Facebook Killed the Private Life

You live your life online — and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook or MySpace page? Or should everything that you put online be accessible to anyone, anywhere? With increasingly popular social networking sites aggregating unprecedented volumes of personal data, the age-old issue of online privacy is once again rearing its ugly head. We ask NYU professor and social networking expert Clay Shirky (watch the full interview with Clay Shirky here) where to draw the line between personal and public online.

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23 Responses to “Facebook Killed the Private Life”

  1. linkabombs Says:

    even google …
    even google searches n stuff?

  2. linkabombs Says:

    even google searches
    even google searches

  3. ADR014 Says:

    at the same time …
    at the same time its your choice to have an account and to share information……if you don’t want to then don’t do it plain and simple

  4. smichael61 Says:

    If you do not want …
    If you do not want it known do not tell anyone or post it on facebook, myspace, email or any other thing connected with the internet. If you do and it gets out then stop your bitching.

  5. MuGeNTOM Says:

    When it comes down …
    When it comes down to the internetz, there is NO privacy what so ever. Even with the “private” setting turned on, it is still vulnerable to hacks & I’m pretty sure can be bypassed & viewed by people working on the Facebook servers. Simply don’t put anything up you don’t want people to know, but then again, even the not so sensitive info can still be viewed by others you don’t know. Even cops, CIA, FBI, & Corporations, etc. can get their hands on it all.

  6. dontlistentomeimmute Says:

    PEOPLE who upload …
    PEOPLE who upload personal and their private stuff on the internet should be aware of what they’re doing.

  7. mrblackout2000 Says:

    i’m with you man.
    i’m with you man.

  8. TrillionUser2 Says:

    @brooklynshire dude …
    @brooklynshire dude if your social security number is on the net then hackers can get it and pretend to be you and also mess with your life

  9. nikE9d0h Says:

    I do cuz I am the …
    I do cuz I am the prototype retard.

  10. themusiclover332 Says:

    BE WARNED: as of …
    BE WARNED: as of the day of this comment they allow google indexing whiche will allow evreyone to view evreything you have searched on google. to cancle this press the do not allow indexing on privay settings

  11. siandeve2009 Says:

    its time to build …
    its time to build gun turrents around the home.

  12. TheSnotrag2009 Says:

    what i dont …
    what i dont understand is that wen people join social networking sites and upload their details/info they dont like it wen people know about them. why join one? befriending one friend gives the option of know others. even wen set on privacy.

  13. natydredloc Says:

    FUCK the system im …
    the system im going solo !!!

  14. BigDaddyMalcontent Says:

    Potential employers …
    Potential employers can look at my Facebook/MySpace page all they want. I wouldn’t want to work for nosy like that anyway.

  15. ez3usx2 Says:

    facebook likes to …
    facebook likes to send so many invites i called all their ads they show and invited their advertisers to a game of mob wars to show them the meanest game i ever saw online.go ahead send your own invites i did.

  16. R2R3L4 Says:

    In some ways the …
    In some ways the 21th century is really smart.
    In many ways the 21th century is retarded.
    In most ways it can suck my balls.

  17. mrblackout2000 Says:

    you would have to …
    you would have to be stupid/retarded to use facebook or my space or anything like that.
    ha ha…

  18. brooklynshire Says:

    americans again …
    americans again complaining! Guys here in Norway the goverment posts social security numbers all public websites showing all bout u and how much exactly u earn. And nobody here complains. What u scared?

  19. aaishasmusic1963 Says:

    and young girls get …
    and young girls get online and say crazy things and do wild in picture’s not thinking but this generation is all about cpu’s. Commerical’s tell parents that their 3 year old’s should have a PC…people learn from things they did months ago. Why should a employer be able to read your personal email and see if your talking to a married man? Human’s gossip. And if I can’t invade my manager’s privacy she shouldnt be able to do that to anyone else. know your rights. not the bad guy…informant

  20. aaishasmusic1963 Says:

    Gosh…thank you. I …
    Gosh…thank you. I really hate it when people get so upset when they hear the truth. Even when you delete your info, your email’s, comments and such are in a cpu system so even when you delete your account facebook, myspace have your picture’s and the site says they have the right to give your info to employers or police who take picture’s and pretend to be people. Watch 20/20, to catch those perv’s, they steal picture’s of girl’s to trap guys. People especially teens should be allowed to grow

  21. jaymaxx2989 Says:

    your right you have …
    your right you have a point that they do need to know about their employees and unless we delete facebook they are going to be able to see it no matter what and that is unfair because many times its not even us who puts it on facebook it is usually one of our friends and we cant help that

  22. aaishasmusic1963 Says:

    they are human just …
    they are human just like everyone else and the fact that they have your passwords even after you leave the company is inevasive of your privacy. Managers can be perverts who look you up everyday, just to see what you’re talking about. Humans abuse their authority. Yahoo can send your email to your boss & you dont have to save it, it goes to draft every 3 mintues. Try talking about your boss, tell her her stinks but leave it in draft….

  23. aaishasmusic1963 Says:

    Jaymaxx the least I …
    Jaymaxx the least I can do is thank you for not being an insensitive person who harrasses people. Obviviously, some people like following people who like being followed online but, I commented here to comment because people can make comments. True my experience was personal but, I’m not special or totally beautiful. Anyone can be monitered online by their managers, and I’m saying be aware of that. Keep living but understand that future employer’s have access to your personal life

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