This issue is even more of a concern in that you often don't know if you are befriending a 12 year old or a an 82 year old online. There is no way to know that the profile that indicates someone is over 18 is real or fabricated. How many times have people misrepresented themselves online for completely innocent reasons. As they say 'on the internet nobody knows you're a dog'. This will bring little comfort for the innocent person who befriends a kiddie unknowingly & who suffers as a result.
Ling
· 1 year ago
This post needs a picture of a tin-foil hat. While its true that internet chatter is monitored to a certain level, its also true that if 'they' go around crashing doors, they're going to end up in a heap of trouble from groups like ACLU.
Halo world
· 1 year ago
This takes 1984 to a completely new level. At what point does monitoring and surveillance stop? Is there any privacy at all? The answer to these questions are likely to be very unpalatable.
We definitely look for candidates' "reputations" online when recruiting someone for a position... I even wrote a post about it on my blog called Reputation 2.0.
I've been a recruiter for 9 years and the first thing I do is google someone.
While I personally see no harm in befriending people regardless of their age the article indeed ringed some bells in me. It is known that an IP address on its own dot identify a person - as it could be a shared computer ...etc. Still I feel that is something is to be done - that would have be removing of the illegal information from the net than going after people who may stumble accidentally on it.
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I've been a recruiter for 9 years and the first thing I do is google someone.
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