Be Careful What You Post ...

[jazzbo]

from NY Times

By JEFFREY ROSEN / Published: July 19, 2010

Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, is a frequent contributor to the magazine. He is writing a book about Louis Brandeis.

http://www.nytimes.c...ml?ref=magazine -- Then go to 'Single Page' for easier reading

http://www.nytimes-- dot --com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?ref=magazine -- just in case link breaks

[silverhawk_usa]

An interesting and timely article. I had just recently warned my daughter and family about posting too many personal details on Facebook.

[Shipwreck]

Yeah but, we are all anonymous here...right?

[swisstouristpattaya]

Yeah but, we are all anonymous here...right?

once you post your picture on line, it will stay forever even if you erase it.

always use pseudonym, never send pics that you don't want friends or parents to see.

even blurring picture is not safe, I can get programs to unblur.

internet is not safe!

using your real name is foolish.

all these guys on face book one day will regret it.

same shit for twitter...

[SomTumTiger]

Yeah but, we are all anonymous here...right?

once you post your picture on line, it will stay forever even if you erase it.

always use pseudonym, never send pics that you don't want friends or parents to see.

even blurring picture is not safe, I can get programs to unblur.

internet is not safe!

using your real name is foolish.

all these guys on face book one day will regret it.

same shit for twitter...

Thanks for that, Dr. Doom.

[IanForbes]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

[TAWP]

Only those that think they are anon and act like jerks online will see their misconceptions ruin their future (or so I hope).

Most others will be ok.

But don't do like some idiots, for example drink and drive, go to court and during the case of the trial abuse the conditions of your bail and show up to a mascerade in a prison-outfit and get photographed holding a beer...the judge *will* throw the book at you.

[IanForbes]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

l have learnt something today via the Net today. l llke reading your stuff and had visions of you being 30 years younger.

Only because I try to act like it. And, most of the time can get away with it. But, I have to be realistic and know that the time is coming soon when I can't do the stuff I used to do when I was 30. As it is now I'm still climbing mountains and doing crazy stuff that has always been on my bucket list. Life is too good to let go out with a wimper.

48 years ago...

A couple of years ago

[Shipwreck]

Bigger hat, longer beard, same way of life.

I like it.

[neverdie]

^ Ian will go to great lengths to track down his lady. In his later years he's given up on the hill tribeswoman and is normally located in flat territory searching for one of her decendants inside a thai bar.

Whats the highest mountain you've climbed Ian? Notice I didnt ask about the crevices you've been in.

I'm with the crowd that one should be somewhat careful about what information they release via the web.....theres alot of sick weirdos out there including other sections of the web, ie: Not just thaivisa.

Edited July 25, 2010 by neverdie

[lazygourmet]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

I could not be more than agree with you... I have nothing to hide...

And if sometime I use a "nickname" like here -on ThaiVisa- it's easy to click on my profile to know who really I am.

[yabaaaa]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

Ian can you send us any footage of you ripping the pit bulls balls off! I'd like to see those ones

Edited July 25, 2010 by yabaaaa

[neverdie]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

Ian can you send us any footage of you ripping the pit bulls balls off! I'd like to see those ones

Pit bulls smitt bulls......You obviously havent seen the photos of Ian and the Grissly Bear.

[robblok]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

I could not be more than agree with you... I have nothing to hide...

And if sometime I use a "nickname" like here -on ThaiVisa- it's easy to click on my profile to know who really I am.

Yes, and you can share your credit card details with us if you like but l think the majority here will remain reasonably anonymous to protect them selves from Internet wacko's that are surfing the net every second of the day to find the vulnerable or perhaps daft in what they reveal.

Id wager you that your more likely to be killed by road rage (not a car accident) then a wacko from the internet. But that does not keep you from sometimes blasting your horn if someone pulls a crazy stunt.

You just dont have to worry about everything.

[Scott]

It's not about having things to hide; it's about not necessarily wanting everyone to know everything about you.

And yes, there are some weirdos out there.

Perhaps with the internet we have reached immortality.

[neverdie]

It's not about having things to hide; it's about not necessarily wanting everyone to know everything about you.

And yes, there are some weirdos out there.

Perhaps with the internet we have reached immortality.

There has recently been some publicity about people being murdered, raped and assaulted directly as a result of contact made with people via the internet. Obviously children, women and the nieve are most at risk.

Some people may have perfectly innocent reasons for wishing to remain anonymous.

Each to their own but as the article indicates there is no going backwards as it may be impossible to remove certain things should the need be required.

[Shipwreck]

I don't know who you are, do know who I am?

[robblok]

Theres a big difference between being sensibly cautious and your ' worrying about everything '.

True.. but im talking risk wise if you check what risk there is that a wacko from the internet does something or you get in a road rage incident. The latter is much higher yet people dont seem to worry about it. But they do worry about threats that are less then realistic only because its a new medium.

But sure i would not be handing out my credit card data on the internet either. There are certain things you just don't do. But still people seem to worry a lot about the internet while its much safer then many other things we do without thinking.

I worry more about my bank card being skimmed then that someone will defraud me on the internet.

[robblok]

It's not about having things to hide; it's about not necessarily wanting everyone to know everything about you.

And yes, there are some weirdos out there.

Perhaps with the internet we have reached immortality.

There has recently been some publicity about people being murdered, raped and assaulted directly as a result of contact made with people via the internet. Obviously children, women and the nieve are most at risk.

Some people may have perfectly innocent reasons for wishing to remain anonymous.

Each to their own but as the article indicates there is no going backwards as it may be impossible to remove certain things should the need be required.

Sure but your still most likely to be killed and raped by someone you know. So why worry about the big bad internet so much. That does not mean you have to be sensible when using it.

I am not real anonymous but i dont care but i respect others reasons to stay anonymous. I don't see that as worrying too much.

[canuckamuck]

Social networking for the most part is moronic activity for people with too much time on their hands.

Eventually it will be uncool,

Like Ricky Martin, stamp collecting, or network television.

[robblok]

Social networking for the most part is moronic activity for people with too much time on their hands.

Eventually it will be uncool,

Like Ricky Martin, stamp collecting, or network television.

Your right, and virtually everyone thinks they are going out undressed without a cell phone or two in their pocket. Especially in LOS.

I recently acquired a new cellphone and had a friend transfer my contacts (i never use phones much) and he laughed at how little contacts i had. I don't use it much so i got a relatively cheap phone opposed to my wife who uses her iphone for work and facebook ( i think its crazy she spends so much time on it but she and her friends love it so live and let live)

[Thakkar]

I've been around for 70 years. I've written enough articles on the internet and for magazines that Everybody knows who I am, what my life style is like and how to contact me. I haven't had a negative experience once. I don't worry about what I post. I can back it all up with facts and photos.

You're 70? From the pics of yourself that you've posted here, I thought you were fifty.

As Ali G would say: Respect, bro.

[Scott]

It's not so much something that a lot of people need to worry about, it's just a matter of not posting something that comes around and bites you in the behind.

[robblok]

It's not so much something that a lot of people need to worry about, it's just a matter of not posting something that comes around and bites you in the behind.

Don't post online that your boss is a complete asshol_e and your banging his wife. He might find out then. but that is common sense.

[Shipwreck]

So...is this another case of common sense biting you in the behind? Nobody reading this falls under that category...I hope...

[gregb]

It's not so much something that a lot of people need to worry about, it's just a matter of not posting something that comes around and bites you in the behind.

Don't post online that your boss is a complete asshol_e and your banging his wife. He might find out then. but that is common sense.

I think it is more than that actually.

Take Ian's photos for instance. They appear harmless enough, but lets say he wasn't 70. Let's say he was 22, and just graduating from university. He goes to apply for a job that he really wants. It is perfect for him, and it will launch his career. Turns out his prospective boss is a member of PETA and finds any use of guns against poor defenseless grizzly bears absolutely unforgivable.

Suddenly, Ian loses a job he really wanted because of a couple of pictures which should have been harmless. At 70, who cares, but at 22? It could kill your career. What if that grizzly loving boss turns out to be influential in your chosen field?

In the past of course, Ian may have had a chance to get the job and prove his worth before his boss found out about his proclivities to rend the testicles of wild animals. And at that point it would be difficult to fire him for his personal beliefs. Not so in this digital age.

There is no safe level of information to release to the web about yourself, unless you have truly reached a stage in your life where you are financially and socially secure. I would love to be more honest about who I am online. You can make alot of friends that way. But I am too young. I have too many decades left in my life when the stuff I say could come back to haunt me. I will still say it, but I will not take public ownership of it. And I won't attend meet and greets from online forums because I have seen too many times where pictures from those meet and greets eventually wind up back online with comments that allow someone to identify you.

I am not ashamed of what I say, but as that story pointed out if you read it, the results of allowing your personal life to become public can easily destroy your professional career, no matter how harmless they seem at the time.

[Beetlejuice]

Yeah but, we are all anonymous here...right?

Wrong, we are far from anonymous.

Everything we do on line will be hanging about somewhere on the system for years, perhaps forever. IP addresses, email addresses, on line subscriptions, it is all there for those that know where and how to look.

The Internet has far exceeded it`s self as a record of peoples what they think is private activities.

Pure and simple, we are not anonymous on the Internet that includes Thai visa.

For example, lets say that you display your email address in your Thai visa profile. And have used the same address for other activities on line, subscriptions to porn sites, Genealogy websites, MSN chat, Windows live and social networking sites, anywhere you have used your email, name and details.

Type the email address into Google or other search engine and the chances are all will be revealed about you.

Be careful out there.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Beetlejuice

[Beetlejuice]

It's not about having things to hide; it's about not necessarily wanting everyone to know everything about you.

And yes, there are some weirdos out there.

Perhaps with the internet we have reached immortality.

There has recently been some publicity about people being murdered, raped and assaulted directly as a result of contact made with people via the internet. Obviously children, women and the nieve are most at risk.

Some people may have perfectly innocent reasons for wishing to remain anonymous.

Each to their own but as the article indicates there is no going backwards as it may be impossible to remove certain things should the need be required.

Sure but your still most likely to be killed and raped by someone you know. So why worry about the big bad internet so much. That does not mean you have to be sensible when using it.

I am not real anonymous but i dont care but i respect others reasons to stay anonymous. I don't see that as worrying too much.

I have never been raped by someone I know or do not know. But I live in hope.

Oh, BTW, this is off topic, I tried the Thai visa chat room tonight for the first time. It was full of depravity, obscene talk and nonsense. Had a good laugh, worth a gander.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Beetlejuice

[IanForbes]

^ Ian will go to great lengths to track down his lady. In his later years he's given up on the hill tribeswoman and is normally located in flat territory searching for one of her decendants inside a thai bar.

Whats the highest mountain you've climbed Ian? Notice I didnt ask about the crevices you've been in.

I'm with the crowd that one should be somewhat careful about what information they release via the web.....theres alot of sick weirdos out there including other sections of the web, ie: Not just thaivisa.

Although the mountains of Thailand are not as rugged as the ones in Canada, there are some pretty good hikes with a substantial elevation change. I've hiked to the top of Doi Suthep (Chiang Mai) more than a few times. From the zoo at the bottom to the temple at the top it is an 800 meter elevation change. It is 9 km by trail and 12 km by road. That makes a 18 km round trip. I see some young guys riding their bicycles up the road all the time. I find it a bit boring and would rather hike. It is a lovely area and I recommend it to everyone who likes to hike in the semi wilderness. Once you get away from the road you hardly see anyone. For those that don't like to hike up, you can always get a taxi to drop you off at the top and hike down. It's lovely and cool on a hot day.

However, back on topic...

GregB touches on a valid point when he mentions that you never know how something posted MIGHT come back to bite you. I'm too old to care what people think. But, I know my time and adventures in Thailand have caused some concern with the bigots. Thailand has a reputation for prostitution, whether it is valid or not. There is a whole topic on that subject so I won't go into details here. Who knows what potential boss might be a self righteous bigot that makes a negative decision against employing someone who visits Thailand.

As I ALWAYS say, everyone has to accept the responsibility of their own actions... every day and everywhere.

[jazzbo]

I would say the NY Times article (remember?) is largely aimed at those who have never known a world without 24-hour internet and cable TV, e-mail, and the ubiquitous social networks ... not gents -- including myself -- whose original entertainment was radio ...

... and those in the aforementioned group seem not to realize that what they considered harmless when posted could change in tenor down the road... and it never will go away.