I have a lot of questions about what is appropriate to actually be including on this globally public format. (unless you happen to live in a restricted access country)
The issue of information availability is seeing increasing attention as it becomess increasingly problemmatic .
I have friends who hide pretty well nothing in their blogs and/or online profiles, save bedroom details, and some who don't even disclose the names of their children, assigning them a letter or fake name. They keep things pretty anonymous.
I just realized in thinking about it, that if one wanted, they could follow the link trail and learn:
all about my daily life and schedule,
religious beliefs, church affiliations,
how much and what supplements I take,
how and when I've had any MS exacerbations
what books I read, have read, plan on reading and what I thought about them,
mine and all my family member's names, birthdates and ages,
plenty of pictures of me and my family and some of my house,
most all my likes, dislikes and hobbies,
favourite games and hobbies of my children and family,
my group of friends and associates,
you name it.
The only thing that was not right out there was my phone number and address which one sec: yes, I checked, they are available on Canada 411. Everything but the street address.
That's kinda freaky. I love being able to share all my intimate thoughts with my friends who are not local to my area, (that would be, uh, pretty much ALL of you), and just venting my feelings in general. However, I'm starting to have a little paranoia about the readily available nature of it all, to anyone less friendly. Not just blogging, although it discloses a lot, but also on social network site profiles. Hmph. What to do.
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All I can say, is that I have a HUGE web-foot-print...and I have for 6 years. I have NEVER EVER even had an odd email sent to me. Nuthin.
I also know a LOT of bloggers...and none of them have ever reported anything strange either. The worst thing that happens is that you get commenter's who like to use your blog for their argumentative personality.
I know this may not help where your imagination goes with the fear, but the reality is that it's very safe. Perhaps if you were using your blog for something controversial, you may be bugged, but I think us Moms are pretty safe. Mostly because we're pretty boring to an experienced hacker! haha
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