I am no expert but I do sn¡gger when people claim to steer clear of big brother by avoiding social media... so you really think that puts you under the radar? What about each phone call you make, each time you swipe your credit card, each time you use your GPS unit, carrying your cell phone around with you...
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Question of the Day: What is your stance on AI?
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+1 for the info. Classic bro, you broadened my knowledge with some truth.
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One probably needs a warrant to make use of that info, but publishing your daily life details for everyone to see, including your future boss and spouse, is a little different. Law enforcement won't need a warrant to look at your FB profile. And ordinary law enforcement may not get access to your phone calls easily, as they would need to probably contact the necessary intelligence agency which may not even be possible. Not all countries record cell conversations and store them.
GPS units don't send data anywhere, so they're ok. Only assisted GPS which makes use of cellular towers may interface with them and give you away.
How does a prospective employer access your Facebook profile when you have your privacy settings to friends only? All they can see is my latest profile picture and that is it. The same applies to the "everyone to see" comment. I understand this when it comes to twitter but it's Facebook that seems to get the bad wrap about this.
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You're still sharing stuff with many people - you just consider them trusted. Anyone can repost that stuff or link to your profile and say you're an "ahole pervert" or something like that and your boss may see all of that. Who cares that a profile itself may be innocent (and blocked), but if someone links to it and throws accusations at you, the boss won't care.
Likewise if you have your privacy on, your boss may think you have something to hide.
No one can tag me or post something about me on Facebook without me approving it.
As regards that last sentence, any boss that thinks social media profiles should be open is obviously not one I'd want to work for. It calls into question their entire attitude towards private information.
As regards that last sentence, any boss that thinks social media profiles should be open is obviously not one I'd want to work for. It calls into question their entire attitude towards private information.