I've discussed the idea of privacy rights before. You can click the tag at the footer of today's entry to see more. I still have a hard time understanding why so many people my age get hung up over the idea of having personal stuff on the Internet. Honestly, I think there's something wrong with people who assume there's danger in having information online. If I were in a human resources department and unable to come up with any Net material on an individual, I'd probably choose to avoid them like the plague. If I came up empty, I'd simply have to assume they had stuff to hide or were in a witness-protection program!
Of course, I keep Facebook's privacy settings fairly wide-open although it defaults to sharing information only with friends. I guess its the nature of the material I have online. I think of all my Internet materials as forming a large, continually-growing personal resume. Of course there are details online which would not make it to a one-page paper version. That brevity is due only to paper's small size and inflexibility.
I never willingly post things which I'd not freely share and discuss at a party with friends and strangers. Or perhaps my argument here is purely to hide the fact I wish I were famous and adored by the masses.