Respectfully, I have to disagree with what the author (Daniel Solove) is saying in this article. Yes, to a certain extent, what he’s saying is true, but for the most part it involves fallacious reasoning. I think Solove is hazardously affirming the consequent by saying that because people put all their information on social networking sites, we’ve lost our privacy. This is not true, because for the most part, we, the people who are on these social networking sites, control (for the most part) what we make available to the public. Most of these sites do have privacy options that we can tailor to our own liken. Sure there are instances where there are candid videos, and pictures that make their way to the mainstream and “go viral” but that’s the beauty of it…the control drifts and it makes things fun. Sure I’m speaking from my perspective, but you have to look at all of the positives that social networks present to society before you dwell on the negatives, and put it all into a bad box of things we shouldn’t do in life. The author, Daniel Solove, should take into account how social networking has changed the lives of millions. These sites have increased the quality of life for millions I’m sure. They’re going to help our children’s lives…these sites have proven to increase the level to which children or the people that actively participate in them, their level of extroversion…they make shy people socialites, and that’s beautiful. If a little privacy has to be lost to make our world more social…then so be it.
Solove, Daniel J. "Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy?" Scientific American (2008): Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
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