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thenewgreen  ·  3294 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is the web becoming less open?

Today is quote kleinbl00 day for me. In our podcast titled, "Why Should an Honest Person Care About NSA Surveillance," he basically says, "nothing digital is ephemeral," which is absolutely true. It's something I think about more and more as my children age. My digital footprint will likely be available to them and to my grandkids etc. what does this footprint say about me? Is it an accurate representation of me?

Thankfully Hubski exists because much of my footprint is here and I'm totally fine with what I've said here. It's my MySpace days that I worry about :)

Here's the podcast from which I quoted kb:





psudo  ·  3294 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly I'm less worried about myself (and a lesser extent my generation), but those that have grown up with Facebook. They're so used to sharing everything I'm afraid they will end up sharing things that will come back to haunt them long into the future.