Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Qns: Is privacy still relevant given today’s hyper-connected world of online social networking?

Nowadays, most people would not be able to live without the internet. Nowadays, teenagers would be stereotyped that each and every single one of them were to have MSN or Facebook. Its like their passport in the world of online social networking.

Facebook is a common online social network. It is where everyone would post their photos or write their personal stuff. All this can be accessed when they are "friends" with that person and pricacy are not relevant anymore. There are Bloggers, where many find it as their personal diary. They may keep it private to the extend of keeping it private. However, in the world of the internet, there are hackers around where would be able to access to this private information easily. Nothing in the online world can be kept private.

Nowadays, there is a very common online social network called twitter. Many peoplw would go online to tweet about what they are doing and stuff. Maybe find it addictive as they find it a joy to update on their personal life. Famous celebrities can be followed by many people just with a click.

So overall, i feel that privacy is not relevant in today's hyper-connected world of online social networking anymore.

DONE BY: MENG CHAO [ 104606E ]