When it comes to hacking, the NSA scandal and all of the "Big Brother" conspiracy theories, the people of the world think that they are either safe from all of this because the government will protect them and they have nothing to fear, need to start wearing their aluminum foil hats, or just kind of ignore the situation as a whole.
Personally, I think I fall under the last one. It's not that I don't care, but more of... I don't think they can do anything worse to me than I've already done to myself. Due to medical bills, college loans, and other "horrors", I have completely wrecked my credit score and I'm where most college students are... in the tank. I have no real assets, but that being said I just "Googled" myself. I wasn't doing this for pride, but research, and what I found... I don't know if I like what I've found.
First of all, I am the only person in the USA, with my full name. That could be a huge security risk for me... and it's kind of creepy. It makes sense as to why certain people that I don't want involved in my life are so capable at finding me. Not only did my social networking sites show up, but so do some of my aliases. Now, why would I want an alias? I'm a DJ, and I like having my codename, and with some of the other things I do, I like to be called different things. However, it wasn't just that. My family reunions showed up, people I was related to, and as close to my physical address as I am NOT comfortable with.
Other than that, I think that hacking people has gotten so much easier than when we had dial up. People didn't want to hack you when there was dial up unless there was a significant reason for doing so. Now that there are tablets, people checking in every 20 seconds to update their statuses, posting pictures of food, etc, it gets easier and easier to track a person's life.
I think we do it to ourselves. The more we login, make things less and less private and all around aren't "tip-toeing around the tulips", the more vulnerable we make ourselves to the outside world to do whatever they want to us.
Is that going to make me a paranoid mess and freak out? Nope, I'm going to continue my ventures in the online world, and try all that I can to make sure people are safe, but having fun. *Shrugs* It's who I am.
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