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Do we really want a lifeline of all our time?

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Petrified. Do I really want my entire life online? A friend started posting college pics on Facebook. (this is one of them- can you pick me out? Polka dots!) If you are filled with dread at the thought: what happens to today's students when they mature and realize what they've done. Are we making it so no one can change? If I had to go off to college with the stereotypes of high school hanging over my head it would have been horrible. Who gets a fresh start any more? Is it even possible? Will people need to change their names to start over? Just looking at this photo of friends enjoying our time together and I am glad to see it. But I still wonder about these questions. Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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Keeping it Private: Taking an "Act of Congress" to Protect our Privacy?

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Used according to Sangrea.net licensing. As I read on the plane tonight, I was excited to see the FTC talking about a "do not track" option for all web browsers. Mike Zapler of the San Jose Mercury News says: " The commission is proposing to mandate a "do not track" setting on Web browsers, which would take an act of Congress to impose. Its proposal -- the strongest privacy protection it has advocated to date -- comes amid building momentum for the government to do something to ensure consumer privacy in the online world." I think this is great. Yes, I know that so much of the "free" on the web is because we are giving up our privacy. There is really no such thing as free, after all. Somehow I wonder if "free" will come with a price of privacy and we'll actually have to pay for the right to be private as our money may have to supplant the advertising revenue we give up. Mobile Phone Privacy: Should We Be Concerned? ...
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Are kids too much of an open book on Facebook

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Thank you to Christopher Sessums for sharing this video about Facebook. I'm going to share it with my students. (I also found it on youtube but the link above is another site.) Again, educate students about their privacy. What they don't know may come back to haunt them. Their privacy is a very valuable thing! It should be treated with care. tag: Facebook , Christopher Sessums
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