I recently saw a story on the Today Show that chronicled the
digital footprint of one of their interns for a day. Some of the “prints” were
obvious – such as posting a status on Facebook but others I hadn’t initially
thought of such as going through security to get to the subway or having a
traffic camera scan for facial recognition. I was reminded once again of how
connected we are and how much information is being tracked.
Sometimes I love my digital footprint, like when I connect
with an old high school or college classmate on Facebook. Sometimes I am
terrified of my digital footprint, like when I hear a story about child
predators and I think of all the photos I have of my kids online. I’m a “mommy
blogger” and while I am careful about what I post I know my digital footprint
is larger than most.
I have done Google searches on myself in the past so I
wasn’t really surprised by anything I found while researching my digital
footprint this week. However – I get frustrated with Facebook because as their
site continues to change I feel like it exposes more and more and my “public
profile” without me realizing it. It reminds me of this comic I saw (on
Facebook no less).
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