Privacy

I am really concerned about privacy these days. People talk about their sexuality, private life, fantasies, families, personal matters etc., anonymously on the internet. In the age of the Big Brother discretely lurking around the social networking sites, a lot of people don't know that what they say on the internet can haunt them or come against them at some points. People should understand that there is no delete button on the internet. Whatever you post or say on the internet can be tracked by your IP address. To me, I have decided that I will not say anything about my real private life which I am not comfortable to share with anyone on the internet.

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Interesting blog. I wasn't really thinking of Big Brother but I was thinking about sharing a private email address with someone, if that meant they could possibly then track my IP address and find me. Better safe than sorry!
 
Other users aren't so much a concern, SG83...the only people who have access to your IP information are server owners and the only people who can map your IP address to your actual identity are internet service providers.

Email is a medium that sits the fence, though. Because it's a point-to-point method of communication, every email has in its headers both the TO: and FROM: addresses. Most email programs don't display headers, but it doesn't require a lot of tech savvy to find the source IP address of a person who sent you an email.

Of course, thanks to the USA PATRIOT Act, Big Brother can come in and demand access to this information from those parties at any time...and without you being notified of the search.
 

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