No time to hide, they've already seen us.

Ever felt like you were being watched? 

Maybe not in person but we are all under surveillance. Parents watch over their children playing to keep them from harm and stop them doing wrong. It works the same with police and crime control, consumer activities, work environments and traffic monitoring. In some cases surveillance is a great idea, CCTV can catch the criminals, speed camera can spy on riot drivers but that doesn't mean we want to be observed all the time. It is most likely that our actions are always seen you could almost place it as the same category as Big Brother. People are being watched by the public, every move, every sound, everything is shown, however they know they are being viewed causing the Hawthorne effect. 

But.. what about not knowing? 

Using the web causes cookies on the browser therefore actions are tracked to what sites you go on or what you research. Google keeps your data history. All them questions you were to embarrassed to ask that you thought Google could help you with have been seen. Concerning isn't it?

The worst could be knowing that social networking can be monitored. What you write as your status, all the photos and videos you post onto Facebook are more than likely being seen. Not necessarily read and registered, as the Facebook servers will not want to know 'What's on your mind?' however, knowing they can see your public thoughts who you can only hope only spread to your friends. 

"When gossip spreads to the internet, it can spiral out of control" Daniel J Solave. 

The answer could be setting your profile to private, but does that really make much of a difference? Our private lives aren't really that private. 

 

Did you read the Terms and Conditions when you joined? Did anyone?

We don't, we merely presume that what we say is only for friends or followers but it does not seem to be that way.  

Brief versions of the T&Cs for Facebook and Twitter... 

1) You own all of the content you post, but you specifically give us the permission to use any IP content (photos&videos).

2) When you delete content, it may be removed from your profile but may persist in back up copies. 

3) When you publish content using the public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone including people off of facebook to access your information. 

4) NO SPAM

5) NO VIRUSES 

6) NO CYBER-BULLYING, HARASSMENT, OR INTIMIDATION

7) NO VIOLENT, PORNOGRAPHIC, THREATENING CONTENTS

8) NO FALSE INFORMATION

9) NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 13

10) KEEP YOUR INFORMATION UP TO-DATE

1) You are responsible for your use of the services for content posted - able to be viewed by others.

2) Changes occur from time to time without notice to you. Twitter may even temporarily or permanently stop providing a service.

3) Doesn't support or guarantee the accuracy or truth of the content posted by services.

4) Doesn't monitor or control content, it's your own risk.

5) Have the right to post anything.

6) Grant Twitter a world-wide exclusive, royalty free license to ..use/copy/reproduce/process/adapt/modify/publish/transmit and display your content in media.

7) May modify or adapt your content in order to distribute it over computer networks.

8) Protected by copyright.

It is not just social networking but we have terms and conditionals for everything. Shopping online, phone updates, contracts, gaming, travelling, etc. 

Own photo print shot. 

They may have right to do this. However it does not always mean that they would do it. Although it's a scary thought that what we post could be posted somewhere else and we have no control over it. All because we were too lazy to read the rules. 

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