Is Online Anonymity a Thing of the Past?
After spending the last week in Costa Rica I went online last night to post photos from my trip. I had been down in Central America for a friend’s wedding, and I knew 20 of my closest friends would also want to rehash the week in images. At first I went to push them onto Flickr, but then I wondered whether I wanted images of me vacationing all over the web. So instead I uploaded them to my Snapfish account, which allows me to send a link through email to specific people.
The whole thing made me wonder: Was I being overly private? Are average people putting their personal photos up for the whole world to see? Turns out, they are. After 2 minutes of searching Flickr for other Costa Rica vacationers, I found pics of:
- A group horseback riding to see waterfalls
- Friends soaring on a zip line through the rain forest
- A grandmother showing off her bruise
Have we as online users turned a corner in how we view online privacy? Has the increased sense of community online led to a new level of openness?
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