An interesting article about web privacy
May 29, 2007
From timesonline.co.uk:
“If asked, most people will say that they’re concerned about protecting their privacy and their personal information, but their behaviour generally suggests otherwise. For starters, many people post all kinds of information about themselves on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, apparently oblivious to the fact that those goofy drunken party pics are not going to be so amusing to a potential employer who comes across them in a Google search.”
Read the article here.
Indeed, it seems like what makes a site popular these days, is exactly what brings it down. I’ve said it before… copyright laws have to be updated for the new web.
About WFC
The Web Flight Check is a blog by Montreal-based web designer, Rommil Santiago. With over 8 years of web design experience - Rommil shares his views, and reports on the latest news in the field of web design.
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