Googling people online, is it good or bad?
By clorissa123
@clorissa123 (4926)
United States
December 20, 2009 1:05am CST
I absolutely agree how much the internet technology had improved over time. We can do literally majority of activities online. Such as instant message to our friends; send photos or share comments online, or even try to connect distant friends. In the recent years. people like to "google" other people, or in the name of long lost friend, such as in mylife.com, people can dig out their lost high school friends. Is it good or bad? When people "google" another person, there is privacy issue involved. People might be able to access public information, to get people's address, phone number, sometimes, even social security number. Just imagine, your personal information, or you privacy is invaded at this point. So, besides convenience, do you think "googling" people will be a good or bad aspect?
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9 responses
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 09
I think such googling people thing has become a big problem since there's many people will losing their privacy. I think a new internet regulation should be make for protecting people's privacy and everyone should obey with it. I think there's should be an option for us for let other people to see our information on the internet or not. Such thing should be marked as a digital human rights as well as our regular rules about human rights. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
@shellback (864)
• Philippines
22 Dec 09
That was the reality of internet, everything are become open to the eyes of public, anyway,it much better to keep your profile safe and dont ever publish your classified matters like Social security numbers, code etc.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
21 Dec 09
The social security number thingy can be worrying. Though here in my country, we don't have security number usage, I do realize the aspect of Googling and privacy information which can be obtained. That can be worrying as well..
@rosepedal64 (4188)
• United States
20 Dec 09
Hi clorissa
It may not be too bad as long as the personal stuff isn't disclosed. You know like the social security number. Like the first response that you got about his dad finding him, now that is a good reason but not all are good. Really Im not sure if it is good or bad.
@loves2read (11)
• United States
20 Dec 09
I think that "googling" people would be a bad aspect because of stalkers and people that might want to harm you. Overall it's better to remain anonymous online and just maintain contact with people you want to maintain contact with in real life. I never put my address, phone, or anything personal online. Have you ever heard of identity theft? That's a big issue as well.
@calai618 (1773)
• Philippines
20 Dec 09
I think it depends upon the motives of th person. if it's only pure curiosity, then I dont see anything wrong with googling another person. i do that often actually. hehehe. If the person ha some bad intentions or would use the details he or she would be getting about the other person, then it's surely a bad thing. There are a lot of identity thefts out there so let's be careful. ANyway, we can always control how much information we want to share online. We can always keep our profiles private to limit people who can access them :D
