Comments on: You Can’t Hide From the Web

By: Caught in the Crossfire of the Geolocation Wars [SXSW GeoWars]

Caught in the Crossfire of the Geolocation Wars [SXSW GeoWars] — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:11:01 +0000

[...] tools like Recognizr make it impossible to hide who you are from the Web now a new set of tools make it so you can’t hide where you are from the Web. And actually [...]

By: crs

crs — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:35:12 +0000

“3. There is no difference between online, offline and mobile realities.”
Isnt that the point of social media to communicate, why should it offer its own set of rules of how to relate? The old adage of dont say anything about someone that you would not say to their face is valid as it always has been.
Isn't the most respected brand or person the one that “says what he/she/it means, and does what it says?”
Throughout history the issue has been the same, people talk about others, or do something silly and it gets relayed to others. Verbally, written, tape recorders or video cameras, now people publish there own thoughts and actions to the world.
At the end of the day facebook or whatever platform owns the content so any notion of control is illusory anyway.
One can live life in fear of being caught saying and doing something controversial or offensive, or be honest with themself and consistently behave as he or she sees fit and deal with the consquences.

By: Lacy Kemp

Lacy Kemp — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:51:24 +0000

I feel weird complaining about this. I love my job, but I don't like how I can't be as candid as I'd like. I'm cool to meet in the middle.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:48:47 +0000

I think we'll see two things happen: people get a little more civil and people learn to deal with a little less “professionalism.” I think there we will all meet in the middle somewhere.

Just last week my mom found one of my other blogs and took offense to an offhanded comment I made about my relatives. I have to watch ourselves a little more.

By: S8Ronin

S8Ronin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:25:03 +0000

Tac, a disclaimer: never was CIA…former Department of Defense civilian.

By: Jeff Hora

Jeff Hora — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:01:14 +0000

I've been in a several-week-long discussion about personal security and web/social media lately. While the privacy concerns give a number of us the creeps, as you say, we've already crossed that line. However, due to a lack of what I'll call digital literacy, a huge number of users are very lax about their privacy settings, and the consensus among my colleagues is that it will take “an event” to wake a more sizable portion up to the situation. This “event” is unlikely to be very pretty, but as a culture we tend to respond to disaster in a more aware fashion than we respond to incremental change.

Yeah, it's scary….

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:48:54 +0000

This is going to be a huge wake up call to a lot of people.

By: heidimiller

heidimiller — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:15:56 +0000

Creepy! And... fascinating. How many times have we taken a minor misstep on a social site that needed correction: tagging an unflattering photo of an inebriated friend, complaining too angrily about bad customer service, or mentioning by name a coworker who should have remained anonymous?

Personally, I've never had security on any of my posts, Twitter, Facebook or otherwise; I just try to make sure everything I say would be repeatable in front of my grandmother. Still, for those who don't spend their lives contemplating levels of online (and offline) privacy, it could be very easy to make a disastrous slip.

Frightening. Intriguing.

By: 2/24 « Someday I'll Have a Paisley Couch

2/24 « Someday I'll Have a Paisley Couch — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:26:02 +0000

[...] to know what that stranger at the grocery store has been up to lately? Just snap a picture. (And yes, you should be terrified.) [...]

By: Lacy Kemp

Lacy Kemp — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:58:00 +0000

I take issue with the fact that there is now a need to censor what we say. Take Facebook for example. Facebook is primarily a personal channel for me. The majority of my friends on Facebook are people that I hang out with, or used to in college. The bigger social media gets, the more friends are being added that are friends through my professional life, but not so much my personal life. My “real” personality is quite different from my professional personality. The need is growing greater for me to watch my mouth on my personal sits like Facebook as everything is traceable. I often add disclaimers for new followers to tell them that I might drop a F bomb or say something they find insulting (though never on purpose). But that’s just me talking with my real friends. I even now have to watch what I say on my personal, very non-work, blog as my brand bleeds into my personal life.

I find this to be really unfair, but I also find it to be reality. I either suck it up and behave myself or I risk offending people that I care about, risking my job etc. In some ways it’s a blessing. It forces me to be really social, as in hanging out with my friends in real life and not just on my computer. But when this kind of technology comes out, even being physically present can come back to haunt you. I think there are lines that should be drawn. I just don’t know where to draw them.