Blogging

Avatar — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:24:25 +0000

What started out as one of the most mundane way to use the internet has become one of the most prolific aspects of today’s web 2.0 or what we commonly know as the social internet. It all began as a platform on which people simply began keeping tabs of their daily activities that began as internet-based web logs, more and more people came to see it as an acceptable way to go on the net and share their experiences. Sooner or later someone began to see the full potential of the concept and began developing systems that would make it accessible for all. Then came WordPress and the many social platforms that mainly came from the open-sourced community which was the trend of times to come. Open-sourced systems became more and more fashionable as people became irritated on how big businesses still maintained control over the internet and the tools that worked with them.Social blogging is now one of the most profitable ways to earn money and some social leaders have jumped on the band-wagon whereby all aspects of daily life have a blog that specializes in them. Blogging would remain one of the most prominent children of the social internet and improvements are still on the way for the future of the internet that has a soul, the Social Internet

The Social Web – Riskier that Ever

Avatar — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:33:35 +0000

Ever since sexual predators started to use social networks for their predatory behavior people have been told again and again that they should be frugal when it comes to personal information due to threats that exists on all corners of the internet. With the pornography ring busted in Australia recently, people still fail to notice that the information the place on the net through the many social networking sites is subject to the eyes of everyone and we do mean everyone.
Imagine a sexual predator in your hometown posing as a person with the same interests as you that you feel you have known her for years, then it turns out to be that the she was a he who has been stalking you online and physically for quite sometime. Do you need the ending? This is becoming more and more common and with younger children starting to use the web as a socializing platform from home the problems that can arise such as the one we discussed in endless. The internet is a dangerous place from the beginning and one of the main problem is that you really never know who you are in a chat session with, for real. They can be anybody and anyone around you or even half way around the world and that is a side of the internet that may need some checking. The transparency of the net that makes it too good to be true (it allows people from all over the world to get information on just a bout anything they fancy) is a double edged sword that can be turned against you in an instant.
Identity theft, fraud and many other crimes have now evolved around the internet and more and more of us are getting victimized. The experts have long advised us that if you deem information to be confidential or that you want to remain anonymous with regards to the use of the internet, best to keep your personal details to yourself and off the net. Even secure and encrypted sites can be hacked and there is no sure fire online security system that can provide total security and anonymity.

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The Social Web – Riskier that Ever