PRIVACYYYYY

            This week I taught a lot about the analogy of the camel and the tent, and how it is connected to our lost of privacy through social media. One times, I was looking the transactions on my credit card and I noticed that the balance was off. I looked to see what I had spent my money on. I saw a bill of $75.00, which I couldn’t remember what I had paid for. I decided to call the company and they told me what it was and they warned me that someone had use my card to go into an adult website. Fortunately, I was able to get my money back, but I had to get a new credit card etc. It was no fun having to deal with that. But I believe this happened because my privacy had being breached through the Internet. Someone was able to get my personal information. I remember when I started using Facebook and MySpace. I would only have friend requests from friends and family. Also they were the only ones that could see the things I shared. Now, anyone can send you a friend request, can see the things you post, and can see your pictures. Privacy has gone away with the increase of social network platforms. I fall into the problems of never reading the terms and agreements of something when I download or buy. Now, thinking of all the people that are missing or having been kidnapped, how many of those things happened because it had something to do with their privacy setting on Facebook?

            I believe if don’t stop being careless with our personal things; soon it will cost a lot because someone else could be using our identity. $75.00 to a college student is a lot of money when you are broke, but losing your identity could be even worse when you lose your “life” to someone else, so they can use your benefits and make your name dirty.