Social Networks

Social Networks. What is the first thought that you got now?

The first thought that I got is facebook.

I read the last posts of my fellow classmates who are with-in my blog circle. Those posts' main topic is on social networks and specifically about facebook.

In the blog posts, my fellow classmates are complaining about facebook.

Among the posts that I read, the most common reason I found when using facebook was the issue of privacy. My initial response to any internet site is: privacy.

Basically, the internet has no privacy. Even of you have the most secure site in hisotry, it's just a matter of time before someone breaks into your site and find what you are hiding. There are special task forces with the highest available intelligence that deal with hacking and encrypting 24/7 365 days a year.

Why my classmates complain about the privacy of facebook?
I think because it is the most site that they and the people they know use. Actually, the most used site for them is Google.com but facebook contains more sensitive information. If they were to spend as much time on any other site that contains some sensitive (personal) information beside facebook, again, they would complain about this new site.

"Spy vs Spy"

which spy are you?

I think your answer would probably be: as long as I'm the winner

Although in the video, both spys are in 2 distinct colors : black and white, I believe there exists many shades in between!

Allow me to explain my point:

You can be:

Curious
which is a sole part of the human nature

But
As they say : "the curiosity killed the cat" which is when you become very very curious

So
the next level is NOSY

The last level is : SPY
which is more like a 007 role. You do it as a part of your obsession or for a living. Can you imagine?

In this case, thanks to the spying employer, facebook is the champion of spies even though the purpose of facebook is not for spying, still its a major tool that allowed the employer to spy (a car is simply a way to get you from point A to point B but if it was used as a murder weapon, then the car is a part of the crime)

Why do I think that those two (facebook, employer) are spies?

Sadly, I am one of the people that you may know who have changed their names on facebook to make my employer's task of finding my profile a bit harder. I do not want my facebook profile to be the reason behind demotivating my future employer from hiring me. -"people weigh your words"- Unfortunetaly, from my friend's past experiences, employers often use social networking tools such as facebook as means of hiring their future candidates, but that's not always the case. I'm not being pessimistic but : when was the last time you heard that an employer hired a candidate because of the candidate's facebook profile? In fact, the opposite case is much more realistic!

I know that there are some features with-in facebook (among other social networking tools) that allows the user to set their privacy levels. Still, since facebook is public and not full proof, I'm still concerned about my employer finding my profile. As the saying suggests : "if their is a will , there is a way". If my employer wanted to find my facebook profile, they eventually will.

So, what's your take on this?


Let me know

Yooousif

http://itec335.blogspot.com/

The picture is from www.facebookspy.net

The video is from YouTube