Our parents always preach to use the danger of giving out
our personal information on the internet- information such a full name, date of
births, home address. They would like us to remain inconspicuous because there
are potential threats on the internet. We all hear about the kidnappings that
occur because some gullible kid agreed to meet a person they don’t really know. There are some shady people on the internet.
We live in a hypocritical society where one says not to
revel personal information on the internet but now the majority owns some kind
of social network page (Facebook, twitter, google+) where pictures, gossip, and
information can be posted for the whole world to see. Just go onto any of these
sites and you can find a person’s full name, date of birth, and with a little
bit of deduction, their general area of residence. We don’t care to hide our identities
because we feel a false sense of security that nothing will happen, but that
kind of mentality is wrong. My goal is not to preach to you the importance of
anonymity on the internet, I will leave that to your parents, but I wish to
state that anonymity is beneficial and in some cases, necessary.
