Today many people say that they have nothing to hide when they post things on the internet. This is an ignorant statement as when they think they are protected they are actually not. When people believe that by clicking the privacy tab they are protecting everything they post on the internet they are actually at risk. Anything anyone posts on the internet will and can be found by somebody somewhere. Many people post things online on social media and don't realize the risk they are putting themselves at. When many people today apply for jobs the people go through their social media to make sure they would be a secure and reliable worker. People may think their posts are private on their social media but in reality anyone can view. In that case many people could lose out on the job opportunity and put themselves at risk when they don't even realize it.
Against many other people I believe that these privacy policies are beneficial for our country. Many people out there are planning to do poor things to our country and we are at risk of a terrorist attack at any time. By having these privacy policies it allows for our government to protect the people and make a our country a safe and secure place. Many people believe that these policies are an invasion to our privacy but it is in our best benefit to allow for the best protection we can.
People are extremely ignorant of the fact that everything that's considered 'private' on the Internet is absolutely not. There is nothing private about the Internet. Everything you post on Facebook, even if you have the strongest privacy settings set, is not considered yours, but it is actually considered property of Facebook. I recently found out that many companies have applications that disable the privacy settings completely which they use when searching for future employees. In sum, for the most part people are oblivious to the 'privacy' of the Internet.
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