The Internet has enabled people to be connected in ways that they could never have imagined just a few years ago.
2006-08-04 12:24:59 · 10 answers · asked by Joe D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I don't think it affects our personal privacy any more than anything else. If we want to be private, there is a big button on the front of the PC called the Privacy Button. There are also ways of hiding the fact that you are online.
2006-08-04 12:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no privacy. Any notion you entertain of privacy is an illusion and has been for over a decade. The only impact "being electronically connected" has had on this is that hopefully more people are aware of this simple fact!
For a long, long time, employers have been able to get a "snapshot" of who a potential employee really is from their full name & address, perhaps their Social Security number, and those tools are now available to anyone who cares to pay for them.
Tell me your address, I'll tell you what your house looks like, what car you drive, and how your credit is, and it won't cost me a penny!
Scary, huh?
2006-08-04 12:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people are very paranoid about this, and refuse to log onto the internet because of it.
Personally, I feel that to some extent there is safety in numbers.
With all the billions of people on the internet... what are the chances of one person being spied on? And there are ways of protecting our privacy so that we show only what we want to show.
I think there is just TOO MUCH information and knowledge on the internet to turn our backs on, because of being worried about privacy. Long live the internet.
2006-08-04 12:30:51 · answer #3 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reduces our personal privacy and time.
It's not just the Internet... it's cell phones, text messaging, 2-way radio, you name it. People can be 'buzzed' anywhere at anytime.
To some it's becoming an addiction. They can't put two sentences together without messaging someone else.
2006-08-04 12:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of this great connectivity which I enjoy is allowed to impact my privacy. I remain in firm charge of that.
2006-08-04 12:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by badbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, there is less privacy, but I've noticed that those who are very private remain so and those who are outgoing and open continue to be. I don't think it changes people that much, unless they've had a very bad experience or are naive.
2006-08-04 12:31:03 · answer #6 · answered by mynamesapain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Watch Every Move Ya Make
2006-08-04 12:29:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None as of yet. You are still master of your own life.
2006-08-04 12:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not wearing any pants.
2006-08-04 12:29:22 · answer #9 · answered by phoephus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-04 12:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by mouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋