Erik Hansberg's visit has me thinking about my identity on the internet. "The person on the internet isn't really them in real life." he said. That is true, when you go on a site that someone actively participates on, you will only see one side of them. However, if we put all the data of a person in different sites together, will we see the whole person?
Nowadays, the majority of internet users have Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and/or Tumblr. All these things are all connected to one's personal life. If all the data of each of these sites would merge together for a certain person, we could possible guess what the person is like. During Erik Hansberg's talk, LinkedIn came up in conversation. And I ask, are we willing to give out our professional life out for the world to be accessed as well? If we add LinkedIn to all the social media sites that we already own, aren't we basically giving out all information on who we are on the internet? Will we ever have complete privacy without giving up advantages like security?
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