Lifestreaming Takes a Wrong Turn

My biggest beef with users streaming their life to the web, revolves around social engineering where a person uses all of the information he can find on a particular person and uses it to his our her advantage when trying to get other personal information out of someone.

Another point I tried to make was that, for as long as I have used the internet, the majority of people tried their best to remain anonymous and privacy concerns were a big issue and in some cases they still are, but users seem to be throwing all of that stuff out the window by using all of these different services that stream their life to the web.

Am I really just another paranoid freak, or is there really nothing to worry about?

Jeffro, as far as being paranoid or worried…I think it all depends. There is no black and white when it comes to Lifestreaming…part of it depends on the content we decide to publish and share. There are differing levels as to how much we divulge depending on those choices. Ultimately, as long as we are still in control of this I think we’re ok…the flipside to Lifestreaming is also controlling who you are on the web and employers and others use it as a tool to determine this. I think in those cases it’s good to create transparency and take ownership of who we are.

I have an old friend who I connected with after years of not talking to him and he told me the story of how a jilted ex-girlfriend created an imposter page depicting him on MySpace in a very negative way. So there are times that being pro-active could be important to clear/define your name.

I also remember back in the early days I had a friend that was scared to shop online fearing that someone would get his credit card number. He even went so far as to delete all his cookies after every web session and I know many more like him. The truth is/was that it’s easier and much more likely to have your credit card number stolen in the real world than the online world. I’ve shopped online for almost ten years and haven’t had a single problem, meanwhile over the same period I had 2 incidents of my card number being stolen by employees at brick and mortar stores.

Also if someone really wants to stalk another person they will find a way to do it regardless of them having a Lifestream…I don’t think the stream would provide a triggered mechanism to make somebody a stalker, it would just provide an additional tool to facilitate it.

Anyways so much for my rant…I’m just a bit perturbed by the whole sentiment around this. I didn’t mean to direct any of it specifically at a single entity…except for maybe James Mowery

Thanks for the reply. Diving into the subject a bit more, I am beginning to look at Lifestreaming in the way you describe it in your reply to my original comment. I suppose your right, if a social engineer or someone else is determined they will find a way to do just about anything to achieve a goal. I suppose streaming information such as the programs your using or the websites your clicking on across the web, really don’t pose an identity threat, but I do understand that those various streams of information help to describe who you are, at least in cyberworld.

I guess Lifestreaming isn’t so bad after all.

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Lifestreamed users choose it ! And choosen what’s they would like to share about themselves.

Since I have a lifeline stream, I’m clearly aware about all anybody could find about me… And help me to protect my private life ) .oO(I keep control of my Web life)

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