Losing Privacy in an Online World

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Run time: 06:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9qYNPlAYM   Posted on YouTube: June 17, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 17, 2009 By DU Member: GoLeft TV Views on DU: 406

 
Without even realizing it, Americans give away their personal information on a daily basis. Through social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, to simple online surveys that they fill out they are giving their information out to the whole world. The potential for this private information to make it into the hands of someone who has bad intentions is huge, and thats why in our digital age, it has become so important to educate yourself and to be aware of what youre saying, and who youre saying it to. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks about the dangerous potential for privacy violations lurking around the Internet with Jon Mills, author of the book "Privacy: The Lost Right."

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1. Thanks - this is important (K&R) n/t

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2. Kick - c'mon, people, you need to listen to this

Anyone who has a friend or relative in high school, college, or looking for a job needs to hear this & pass it on to those people. Let's have some more recs for this.