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Post  patrickmccoy Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:37 pm

www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/03/28/social-networks-could-have-more-info-about-generation-y-than-government/+social+networks+info&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:G0htEAnIMMwJ:www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/03/28/social-networks-could-have-more-info-about-generation-y-than-government/+social+networks+info&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Interesting article on how much data we actually put on the web ourselves and how once it's there, it is almost impossible to remove. It's scary to think about how much data can be mined from all theses online sources by pretty much anyone (friends, family, the government, random people, etc.) to create a pretty accurate picture of who we are, what we like to do, who we are friends with, without actually meeting us.

That'll make you think twice before posting something to facebook or twitter...

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Post  Andrew Kessler Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:12 pm

To put a graphical perspective on this, I guess you can think about the internet in terms of a network of computers that's highly redundant, i.e. just because you remove one link (or edge), doesn't mean you've severed a connection. This article is probably right in assuming that at this point in time, computer networks are probably so redundant that it would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to completely isolate one piece of information (an embarrassing picture perhaps) from the internet as a whole.

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Post  Lalith Polepeddi Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:20 pm

The facility of reconstructing one's personal life just through simple searches is definitely unsettling. Perhaps the most famous example of this in recent months is the debate over whether Barack Obama could keep his Blackberry. He ultimately got to, but it came with a whole bunch of strings attached, described here http://tinyurl.com/d8dnfc, to ensure security. While most of the security measures are not practical for us everyday citizens, it certainly is cool to read about!

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