The editor of Wired UK said in a recent article because he has an account on the most popular social network in the world.
1. Private companies are not your interests
Facebook and Google is a company created to make money by giving the opportunity for advertisers to know exactly what you like and what not, access your like, interests, pictures and social connections. This explains the complexity of the various privacy settings. For example, the disclaimer on Facebook privacy in English has grown from 1,004 items in 2005 to 5,830 today (and, as pointed out by the New York Times, the U.S. Constitution has 4,543). Rowan admire the empire set up by Mark Zuckerberg, but does not trust him.
2. Internet does not forget
"When you're young, you make many mistakes and stupid things," said Obama from a high school student in Virginia. "Be careful what you posted on Facebook, because anything you do in the era of YouTube can be pulled off in the future." We all need room to grow, make mistakes and change.
3. The information you give to something, will also used for something else ... I
database with our information are intersecting more and more. Rowan is an extreme example, but not too much you order a pizza by phone and the computer that the order will also have access to your resume, you've got the votes in the past, loans in the library. And the clerk of the pizzeria will offer options based on the results that read like a pizza with tofu if you're fat. And polls show that 35 percent of companies refuse applicants for the information they find on social networks.
4. ... And there is good possibility to be used against you
Mark Zuckerberg might say that a more transparent, "you have one identity, and are about to end the days when you have different masks for your colleagues and other people you know." But this is only one side of the coin: a vengeful ex-partner (or avenging), a fellow competitor or a political opponent could see your information to harm you, thus shaping your identity dishonestly.
5. Then do the casino, and give more information than we would like
is very simple, we often make mistakes and you can publish something private without notice. To understand how, Rowen recommends a visit to youropenbook.org and a quick search for phrases like "Cheated on my wife" or "my new mobile number is" ("I cheated on my wife" and "My phone number is").
6. And oltrettutto, sell a company because their conversations?
One day you will read those 5,830 words and you will see that Facebook has the right to do pretty much whatever he wants with your data, including selling it to anyone who pays enough. Yes, says Rowan, Facebook is free, but with half a billion people who use it is time to ask what he is doing good or bad for society.
The Italian translation can be read here.
