Comments on: How to Become a Better Blogger 2: Online Privacy

By: absurdoldbird

absurdoldbird — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:03:21 +0000

Thanks for that link tt. Most of what you refer to in it are things that wouldn’t happen to me on Facebook as I am very careful about how much info I have there, even for my own personal friends. Also, I don’t have my birthdate, phone number, address or where I went to school/college. And, in real life, I’m ex-directory.

Also, maybe I’m wrong, but from what I recall there was such an uproar about the security problems with FB back in May, that they actually changed a lot of them. The settings are much better now, though I’ve currently not even got many interests listed as they link back as clickable links to fan pages of the interest. That is something I detest.

Things can still be discovered though, and not just online. Even without the internet, people risk identity theft from failing to take care of some simple security in their personal and business lives, such as shredding delicate information.

And then there are the folk who put all their personal stuff online, publically, on genealogy sites – risking not just their own privacy but everyone else’s in their family. So damned stupid!

Val

By: timethief

timethief — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:15:25 +0000

Hello there,
I think the greatest dangers of experiencing identity theft are found on social networking sites like Facebook. There the third party app providers are data mining and members aren’t even aware of it. See here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/23/social-networks-siphon-personal-info/
Best wishes with your blog and getting your artwork out there for others to enjoy and comment on.

By: absurdoldbird

absurdoldbird — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:36:18 +0000

I began using my real name after having given it quite a lot of thought. It wasn’t easy for me to do because I’m a very private person (except in some areas, as I wrote about yesterday) but when I began blogging publically part of the reason was to give me somewhere to show my artwork – which I show with my real name on it. So it seemed a bit pointless to use a pseudonym to blog when my name was already ‘out there’ elsewhere.

I’m aware of the dangers, and they scare me. But this is my problem at the moment – and I’m actually almost at crisis point with it – of how much I want to be a part of the internet as it is at the current time. The trouble is that, as we both know – once something is out there, it’s out there forever. From search engine cache pages and anything anyone else might have taken for themselves, one isn’t a private entity anymore.

Thanks for your post. I’ve not read all the posts/articles you’ve linked to you (there’s a lot of them and my concentration’s not brilliant at the moment) but I’ll return to read them later.

Val

By: timethief

timethief — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:31:52 +0000

Thanks for reading my post and for commenting too. I’m glad to hear you are pleased with your choice. :)

By: Omar Modesto

Omar Modesto — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:00:48 +0000

I don’t have much to worry about. I use my real name, show my face, but don’t give away too much about myself, or any contact info/address (not that anyone will travel here just to threaten me or anything).

It’s pretty safe, blogging in English in an island where most of the few serious bloggers use Spanish, the native language, and where those who enjoy reading local blogs won’t bother with English.

Also, who’d want to stalk me? :P

By: timethief

timethief — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:38:04 +0000

I’m laughing because you’re right. :D