The Internet provides a wealth of information for people to go trawling through, some of this is simple enough with information about chemical formula's. Some of it is more complex, how to build a bomb (not recommended reading given the current political climate). Some of this information is more personal in nature and is posted for a specific purpose. Some people out there abuse the information that is made available over the internet and think it is amusing to post it around the school! Some like the NSA apparently think it's a great way to see who we connect to and they have started research into looking at how to use web based information and phone links to connect the dots between individuals and black listed organisations.
Many of us have heard of degrees of separation, where you have to use some kind of connections through various people to link one person to another, say Elton John and Gerraint Jones (that's fairly easy as Elton John played at the St. Laurence ground last weekend, the St. Laurence ground is the home to Kent County Cricket Club and finally Gerraint Jones plays for Kent sometimes!) The NSA are going to play this game on a much grander scale, how many degrees of separation are there between you and let's say Al Queda?!?
Try putting your name in quote into google and see what comes out as well, you might be surprised at how much information about you is available online. Some of that information is of course intended for the general public to know, other bits of information are intended for a select few to get a hold of. When individuals think it amusing to take private information and paste it for public viewing it's called invasion of privacy.
Think carefully about what you put online and where you put it. Also think about the consequences of your actions at all times.
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