Young warned over social websites

[praka123]

Millions of young people could damage their future careers with the details about themselves they post on social networking websites, a watchdog warns.

The Information Commissioner's Office found more than half of those asked made most of their information public.
Some 71% of 2,000 14 to 21-year-olds said they would not want colleges or employers to do a web search on them before they had removed some material.

The commission said the young needed to be aware of their electronic footprint.


Vetting tool
The ICO also said young people could be putting themselves at risk of identity fraud because of the material they post on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace.

The data regulator's survey found that two thirds of those questioned accepted as friends on such websites people they did not even know.
Some 60% posted their date of birth, a quarter put their job title and almost one in 10 gave their home address.
ICO deputy commissioner David Smith said: "Many young people are posting content online without thinking about the electronic footprint they leave behind.

"The cost to a person's future can be very high if something undesirable is found by the increasing number of education institutions and employers using the internet as a tool to vet potential students or employees."

'Wise up'
The survey found 95% were concerned about their details being passed on to advertisers or other websites.
There were 54% who cared "a lot" about how their personal information was used.

Mr Smith said: "This shows that when young people are made aware that their details could be being passed between parties - legitimate or unscrupulous - they are worried.

"We have to help teenagers wise up to every aspect of the internet age they're living in. It may be fun but unfortunately it is not the safe space many think it is."
The ICO has launched a new website to help young people understand their information rights.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7108627.stm

[Gigacore]

anyway... i hate those public networking sites.. and i'm not in it..

thanks for the info

[Hitboxx]

Orkut is the worst site ever, ahoy the details you can find on people there, anything private is not safe online, not yet, when will people learn ^^

[naveen_reloaded]

I wont join a job who seeks my personall info's over the sites.why do they care about me when i do my job good...

[praka123]

does orkut have any option to delete one's own profile? pls answer!

[KHUBBU]

Originally Posted by praka123

does orkut have any option to delete one's own profile? pls answer!

its very much der....>>Settings

[praka123]

^oh!thanks!if my privacy is at stake,will try!still google search is another culprit it shows lot of results if ur into any mailing lists,BTS etc

I have seen some profiles esp ladies,whose profile is cloned and edited with abusive words.sry,cant link to that!

[gaurav_indian]

Apne ko kya.I never use these orkuts shorkuts and facebooks,myspace etc time waste faltu sites hai yeh.

[cool_techie_tvm]

Am into orkut, for the sake of my Dataone Community (am the owner of Dataone Community in orkut )

[NucleusKore]

Why delete one's profile, you can restrict who sees it and what do they see. Mine is only open to my friends, not even friends of friends

[adi007]

Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

Apne ko kya.I never use these orkuts shorkuts and facebooks,myspace etc time waste faltu sites hai yeh.

^^well said.me too of the same opinion

[ray|raven]

Social websites do have their advantages,
even if their cons outweigh them.

I myself found many of my school/collge friends through orkut,

Other than that, i do agree that there is free info out there for anyone to see with just a google account which is IMO very dangerous.

Regards,
ray

[gaurav_indian]

And few months ago a guy from mumbai lost his life becoz of this orkut.

[gxsaurav]

I m on orkut & facebook but I face no such trouble, I don't have anything to hide actually. My friends know everything about me & I don't do anything bad. Everyone knows about the good things I do, & the bad things which I do are always hidden

[Rockstar11]

Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

And few months ago a guy from mumbai lost his life becoz of this orkut.

kya baat kar rahe ho yaar??
kaise aur kyoon hua tha yeh sab ?

waise mein HI5 use karta hoon...
aur orkut pe bhi ID banaya hai.. lekin jyada use nahi karta....
yep time waste faltu sites hai

[gaurav_indian]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

I m on orkut & facebook but I face no such trouble, I don't have anything to hide actually. My friends know everything about me & I don't do anything bad. Everyone knows about the good things I do, & the bad things which I do are always hidden

Aere gaire logon ko koi nuksaan nahi hai wahan,only hi-fi logon ko hai.

[praka123]

^he is saying about 16 yr old adnan patrawala son of a $$$ business man.
http://www.criticblog.org/2007/08/20...l-communities/

[nik_for_you]

Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

Aere gaire logon ko koi nuksaan nahi hai wahan,only hi-fi logon ko hai.

haha ..
cool..
I am also in orkut and I am enjoying it too, but i alsways fear privacy problem in that.
yar anyone can see anyones scrap.. what the crap is this..

[gaurav_indian]

Originally Posted by nik_for_you

haha ..
cool..
I am also in orkut and I am enjoying it too, but i alsways fear privacy problem in that.
yar anyone can see anyones scrap.. what the crap is this..

yo is this rap
that anyone can see anyone's scrap
oh thats so crap
yo is this rap

[nik_for_you]

Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

yo is this rap
that anyone can see anyone's scrap
oh thats so crap
yo is this rap

beware eminem now ..

[ax3]

sns r quite ok if u just want 2 meet lost frds & making new 1`s ....

bt privacy is really @ stake ..... if u go on other side else its ok .......

bt mostly quite waste of time ......