I tried to find the thread which dealt specifically with facebook, but alas.....
Anyway, over the past 12 months or so I have watched facebook..Mr Zuckerberg defend his organization from one thing to the next concerning data misuse, to high ranking executives blowing the whistle.
The following are my concerns of the future in relation to privacy.
Once upon a time the family photo album was for family. And for those marrying into the family. It was one of those things in which family memories were cherished and protected from outside prying eyes and those who may misuse them.
I get there are "privacy settings" to keep your family history when you post "private" and for family and friends eyes only....here is where I have a wee problem.
Many facebook users signed up 10,12, or more years ago...my children are among them. They were young adults, in various relationships, unmarried or just about to be. They signed a privacy policy.........which no-one if not many ever agree, and facebook changes regularly.
In the years hence marriages take place, children are born...photos dates and full names of births are posted by the proud new parents. Then these photos are resurfaced by facebook through their data collection to reappear on certain celebratory occasions.
Ok....what I find is my Grandchildren, my kids kids, did not sign a privacy statement with facebook with regard to their privacy now, or their future privacy. The data collected by facebook is sold by facebook to advertising corporations, you do not post for free.
Your child's or grandchild's full name, birth date, likes and dislikes throughout their life have become corporation's future customers.
All these future adults need do is fill out a form when joining a site or basically anything, their information from birth to young adult will be available instantly. I find this a very scary prospect for the future generation, the young children now having their precious childhood moments captured and stored in a corporation database for future use of marketing, or other.
I am glad I was given the protection from my mum and dad to at least have the ability to make a decision on my privacy.
Now, young parents are doing it either willingly, or unknowingly, destroying any hope of their child's future will to remain anonymous.
For me, I really do not know how to say this to my sons or daughters what they are risking, because I have lived through or have been born or taught what having a choice of remaining private or not is about.
Why? Because they see facebook as being harmless, I would endanger their freedom to share photos of their children's historical steps..............
It's like that Willy Wonka moment....
It had to do with media too......
