> No. These are called social networking sites. They themselves are not a
threat to your privacy. > Read their "Privacy Policy" and "terms and
Conditions" to know how safe your data is.<br><br>Anyway, My data will be viewed by a group of people and some of them may be strangers to me. So privacy has no value there.<br><br>> Posting your personal info is completely up to you. If you don't want
to post, then dont. They > > wont force you. I use orkut. <br><br>Most of these kind of web sites are asking date of birth while you register, which is used as my identity in many places. For example, banking. Orkut also does the same. Spying...<br>
<br>> And I could get in touch with many
of my old friends through orkut.<br><br>The reality is you think so. Because you are happy that you find some of your old friends. Go to their place, meet them and try to know more about them. This is the only thing, which works.<br>
<br>- Jos Collin<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/18 Jain Johny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jainmjo@gmail.com">jainmjo@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Jos Collin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joscollin@gmail.com" target="_blank">joscollin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>Is it a website like orkut? Then it is a terrible threat to my privacy.</blockquote></div><div><br>No. These are called social networking sites. They themselves are not a threat to your privacy. Read their "Privacy Policy" and "terms and Conditions" to know how safe your data is.<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Why should I post my photos, videos, and personal information like my date of birth, my hobbies etc in a web site so that some strangers can view it?</blockquote>
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Posting your personal info is completely up to you. If you don't want
to post, then dont. They wont force you. I use orkut. It gives me
enough control on who can view what. And I could get in touch with many
of my old friends through orkut. I havent used facebook. But I heard
that its a very good one. But ofcourse, your privacy/security is
completly in your hands.<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Also I believe that these websites are a channel for spreading malicious programs.</blockquote>
</div><div><br>Yeah that is true. If you dont know what you are clicking / typing in address bar, you can be a victim of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_%28computer_security%29" target="_blank">Social Engineering</a>.<br>
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<br>- Jos Collin<br><br><br></blockquote></div><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>Jain M Johny<br>
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