How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet - NYTimes.com

Hi Gang,
Well finally the times , who tracks everything, publishes a rather weak article explaining how everyone else is tracking everything. Think about it everything that you read, touch, visit, say, post, delete all saved for posterity by your ISP, Google, Facebook, etc. All cross referenced, as a way of determining your likes and dislikes. Hmm, how far does this go, political, religious, tastes, sexual preferences, where is the boundary and who sets the rules? congress, the Govt, private companies at the moment , that's who. Is Google evil, well, ask yourself if you mind your private info being shared with eavesdroppers you don't know hired by private companies, to determine your personal tastes so they can track your interests without asking you.
How would you like it if your Boss, or ex did this, or the IRS, or someone you owe money, but wait, they can do this already oops. Welcome to the real Matrix



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Quality of life on social net study

Pew study begins to look at crucial quality if life issues.
How do people inhabit social networks.
Issues of intimacy , trust, caring, integrity , etc. Emotional impacts need examined More than databases are relational.


REPORT: SOCIAL NETWORKING, SAFETY
The tone of life on social networking sites
by Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart

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The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters. A nationally representative phone survey of American adults finds that:

85% of SNS-using adults say that their experience on the sites is that people are mostly kind, compared with 5% who say people they observe on the sites are mostly unkind and another 5% who say their answer depends on the situation.
68% of SNS users said they had an experience that made them feel good about themselves.
61% had experiences that made them feel closer to another person. (Many said they had both experiences.)



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Facebook and emotional life

This study gives us a glimpse into a significant topic, the impact of Facebook and social media on the inner life of its users.
We are only beginning to look at this issue, and much work remains to be done to begin to see how our understanding of ourselves and our relationships to others have been radically altered .The net is not just about sharing YouTube videos of kids pasties or cats coughing up hair balls.
It's about how we relate to others and ourselves .
Stay tuned .

REPORT: SOCIAL NETWORKING, SAFETY
The tone of life on social networking sites
by Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart, Aaron Smith
Feb 9, 2012
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The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters. A nationally representative phone survey of American adults finds that:

85% of SNS-using adults say that their experience on the sites is that people are mostly kind, compared with 5% who say people they observe on the sites are mostly unkind and another 5% who say their answer depends on the situation.
68% of SNS users said they had an experience that made them feel good about themselves.


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