Is privacy sill relevant given today’s hyper connected world of online social networking? Angeline Lee [102830Y]

Online social networking. Whenever you post something online, you carry the intention that you want people to read it. You want people to be engaged with your own inner reflections of your thoughts and feelings. That’s the main purpose of online social networking.

Nonetheless, when you are already prepared to allow your privacy to be exposed, wouldn’t it be contradicting to ask if privacy is still relevant given today’s hyper connected world of online social networking?

Ultimately, the answer lies within one individual. If one chooses to reveal every single detail of their life to an unfamiliar stranger in the online networking world, then they should not blame them if they start stalking on them. It is a choice of one person intention which leads to the choice in making decision.

Besides that, hakings is common these days. Taking precautions is to avoid unknown people intruding into your privacy without your permission. One can do so by installing anti virus system in computers to prevent it.

In conclusion, I find that privacy is still relevant given today’s hyper connected world of online social networking when one is aware of what he is posting.