I Have Nothing To Hide

I think we all should be weary of what we post online. Especially in today's world, many potential employers will look up applicant's Facebook and Twitter profiles. College kids often post pictures of themselves at parties or drinking, or use inappropriate language in status updates or tweets. Although this information isn't necessarily 'private' and you may not feel like 'you have nothing to hide,' there should still be some boundaries of what you post online because you don't know who could be looking at it. It would not be worth losing a potential job over a Facebook photo or status update.

I'm concerned about my online privacy because I have heard many horror stories about predators finding young girls online. I try to be careful about who I accept as "friends" and only allow in people that I know. However, I do like having my Instagram profile and Twitter profile public, which may seem contradictory. I just feel like to fully get the benefits of both apps, its more convenient to have them open. I try and be more careful about what I post on these sites for that reason. One instance in which I was concerned about my privacy was when Instagram created a "photo map" on your profile, and it geographically tagged each of your photos on a map of where you were when you posted them. Naturally, most of my photos were posted in my house and so on the map all of my tags showed a pin right where my house is on a map. This was unsettling because my profile is public and I felt like any stalker could easily decipher my address. I disabled the photo map setting after this, but I felt Instagram was not smart in adding this new feature.