Are we sharing too much?
Today I read this article and it sort of confirmed something I’ve been thinking for some time now: are we sharing too much on social media so that sometimes it becomes hazardous?
We post our pictures on Flickr and geo-tag them. That’s all well when it comes to vacation pictures, but what about pictures of the inside of your house? Combine that with a tweet saying “Off on holiday to Bora Bora” and you broadcast a digital “We’re not home”-sign to people who possibly don’t have your best interest in mind (as for example in the article).
Maybe it’s the little paranoid in me that rears its head every once in a while, but I believe that there are definitely security risks involved in being too open about what you do and when you do it. Maybe not as much for us regular folks, but what about politicians, business people or celebrities (although some of them seem to welcome it)? With all new technology that’s being developed there will be more and more ways for stalkers or people with other harmful intent to find out where their human target is. Not to mention the privacy issues involved.
Don’t get me wrong: sharing is one of, maybe the best feature of social media. I love it when a friend shares something he finds on the net, or posts a picture of something funny that happened or you find a RT that’s funny or informative. We just need to be a little bit careful of what to share.
