Privacy

I think the best way to look at internet privacy is to assume that there is none. If something goes on the web, there’s a good chance a lot of people will have access to it. When I google myself, most of the content that appears are my athletic achievements from college soccer and races I’ve participated in. Other than this content, there is a link to my LinkedIn profile. I am happy with online google presence and have no worries when it comes to searching for a job.


Facebook is a trickier subject. When it first came out, it was a place where college students swarmed to and posted about their lives, and a lot of times, the content was unedited in the sense that you didn’t think of what was going up at the time could one day not looks so great in a professional sense. I think present day, a lot of people now post with reservation. With all of facebook’s TOS changes and privacy policies, I think you need to expect that once something enters the internet, you won’t have property of it again. I think as long as you take this mindset and you have a certain expectation that everything on the web is fair game and accessible to everyone, you won’t get burned in the end. If you post unflattering content, you should expect that it will surface at one point or the other.