Young people will have to change names to escape 'cyber past'
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[QUOTE]Eric Schmidt suggested that young people should be entitled to change their identity to escape their misspent youth, which is now recorded in excruciating detail on social networking sites such as Facebook.
"I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," Mr Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal.
In an interview Mr Schmidt said he believed that every young person will one day be allowed to change their name to distance themselves from embarrasssing photographs and material stored on their friends' social media sites.
The 55-year-old also predicted that in the future, Google will know so much about its users that the search engine will be able to help them plan their lives.
Using profiles of it customers and tracking their locations through their smart phones, it will be able to provide live updates on their surroundings and inform them of tasks they need to do.
"We're trying to figure out what the future of search is," Mr Schmidt said. “One idea is that more and more searches are done on your behalf without you needing to type.
"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."
He suggested, as an example, that because Google would know “roughly who you are, roughly what you care about, roughly who your friends are”, it could remind users what groceries they needed to buy when passing a shop.
The comments are not the first time Mr Schmidt has courted controversy over the wealth of personal information people reveal on the internet. Last year, he notoriously remarked: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
Earlier this year, Google was condemned by the privacy watchdogs of 10 countries for showing a “disappointing disregard” for safeguarding private information of its users.
In a letter to Mr Schmidt, Britain's Information Commissioner Chris Graham joined his counterparts in countries including Canada, France, Germany and Italy, in raising concerns over its Street View and Buzz social networking services.[/QUOTE]Source: [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7951269/Young-will-have-to-change-names-to-escape-cyber-past-warns-Googles-Eric-Schmidt.html[/URL]
Oh boy.
Or you could not be a total idiot with your facebook account.
[QUOTE=Carbon Knight;24175977]Or you could not be a total idiot with your facebook account.[/QUOTE]
This is why I have nothing to worry about.
google is fucking evil man
[QUOTE=wanksta11;24176267]google is fucking evil man[/QUOTE]
It your fault if you post shit that is indexed by Google that you later regret.
If you put something on the internet which is stupid and likely to bring shame to yourself, then you've got no one else to blame but yourself.
Use Alias
Profit
[QUOTE=Carbon Knight;24175977]Or you could not be a total idiot with your facebook account.[/QUOTE]
You expect kids to do that?
v:v:v i have nothing to say about this
[QUOTE=mastermaul;24176349]You expect kids to do that?[/QUOTE]
Why are kids taught to not run into the middle of the road?
So they don't.
So why not teach kids to not be an idiot on the internet?
Kids do learn you know.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176335]It your fault if you post shit that is indexed by Google that you later regret.
If you put something on the internet which is stupid and likely to bring shame to yourself, then you've got no one else to blame but yourself.[/QUOTE]
Unless it is on a site like 4chan for example.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;24176349]You expect kids to do that?[/QUOTE]
Holy shit kids might have to live with their stupid choices
Just imagine that
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176335]It your fault if you post shit that is indexed by Google that you later regret.
If you put something on the internet which is stupid and likely to bring shame to yourself, then you've got no one else to blame but yourself.[/QUOTE]
I'm a complete moron with my facebook. but no relation to my actual name.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176373]Unless it is on a site like 4chan for example.[/QUOTE]
And how does 4chan get that information? Because they put it up themselves.
4chan just abuse what people have put up.
Of course there is the exception that someone else records something and puts it up.
simple, just don't put shit that you don't want others to see
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176412]And how does 4chan get that information? Because they put it up themselves.
4chan just abuse what people have put up.[/QUOTE]
huh
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176519]huh[/QUOTE]
4chan doesn't hack into random peoples computers hoping to find content that will harm someone.
They find content on the internet and abuse it.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176533]4chan doesn't hack into random peoples computers hoping to find content that will harm someone.
They find content on the internet and abuse it.[/QUOTE]
I think you misunderstood what I meant.
Give Facebook a mandatory ID register.
[b]75% OF ALL OF FACEBOOK'S PROBLEMS SOLVED INSTANTLY.[/b]
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176570]I think you misunderstood what I meant.[/QUOTE]
What did you mean then?
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;24176579]Give Facebook a mandatory ID register.
[B]75% OF ALL OF FACEBOOK'S PROBLEMS SOLVED INSTANTLY.[/B][/QUOTE]
Better yet, don't use a social networking account at all.
[B]100% OF ALL PROBLEMS RELATED TO SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES SOLVED INSTANTLY.[/B]
Searching my name comes up with a black jazz artist. I'm in the clear. :smug:
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176588]What did you mean then?[/QUOTE]
That things posted on 4chan are not saved, they are automatically wiped after they no longer receive responses or hit a post limit.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176651]That things posted on 4chan are not saved, they are automatically wiped after they no longer receive responses or hit a post limit.[/QUOTE]
So? 4chan create fads, which extend to other websites which are later indexed by Google.
Googling mine comes up with
We have found 45 people in the UK with the name [sp]fancy censor bar[/sp]. Click here to find personal data about [sp]fancy censor bar[/sp] including phone numbers, ...
And another UK Actor
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176694]So? 4chan create fads, which extend to other websites which are later indexed by Google.[/QUOTE]
...
That doesn't erase the past at all, People just need to get over what stupid things people do as long as it is illegal.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176741]...[/QUOTE]
I think you're getting confused. The internet isn't only made up by Google.
Whatever is published on the internet is most likely for eternity, and people don't seem to understand it.
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The comments made aren't meerly about Google.
Did you read the article sonicrjk?
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176773]Did you read the article sonicrjk?[/QUOTE]
I made the thread ya dingus
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[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24176835]I made the thread ya dingus
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I know that. But I'm not sure you read it properly.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24176882]I know that. But I'm not sure you read it properly.[/QUOTE]
No, I did.
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