Over the weekend the wife of the soon to be head of MI6 got him into a bit of trouble. She posted large amounts of private information about herself, husband, family and friends on Facebook.
Sadly her profile was not very secure, according to UK media reports it was viewable to anyone in the London network. The photos were classic family snapshots, of people being silly and family and friends on holiday, but now they are public they are embarrassing.
So why do we want to share - why would you put family photos on the internet after the now dozens of examples of similar cases where private photos have entered the public domain? Why do people not learn from other people's mistakes?
The internet is not private - it's as simple as that. The ability to copy and paste is just too easy. Recently a parent told me about how she is teaching her children about what is suitable for the internet.
Would you want that photo on show in the local deli window?
If the answer is NO then don't put it on the internet EVER.
You just never know what's going to happen to the photo, someone you don't know or trust might get access to the photos through fair means or foul.
It is sad that this amazing opportunity to share parts of our lives with friends and family around the world is slowly being lost to us.
But I do wander why there are some in the world who are quite happy for their private lives to be open to world while the rest of us value our privacy?
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