Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on April 19, 2007, at 17:21:22
In reply to Public websites, posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 19, 2007, at 13:28:07
what an interesting change in topic from the original theme of this thread.
> If you have a public website that is findable with simple search terms in google, and then low and behold, people actually find this website, who is to blame? Why have a public website if anonymity matters so much?
Sometimes it's required by one's boss? Or because someone sells things over the internet? There could be many reasons.
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> Why post information that will lead people to those (very) public websites?poor judgment?
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> Just the very act of having a public website with IRL info on it, you are accepting the fact that certain groups of people on the net who you'd prefer not to see your pages, will maybe see your pages if they so want.
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> Just because you don't spell out a URL on babble, doesn't mean you're not broadcasting yourself to other people who know how to pick up the signals. And as the information is in the public domain anyway, you really can not chose who will pick up those signals and interpret them. As there is no element of 'confidentiality' to it anyone can see it, if they know how. And they are not breaking any rules (babble or otherwise) by looking at it.> Of course, with regard to babble, this information should not be posted without the consent of the website owner,
that goes without saying.And babblemail? Does it go without saying that spreading around information about someone's IRL identity via babblemail is inappropriate? What function could it possibly serve? What justification is there?
>But really, outside of babble, the public website owner has no control over who/or what people will do with the information. Thats just something that has to be accepted if you have information on a public website that is findable with simple search terms in google, I'm afraid.
Absolutely. Sometimes someone wants to have their professional information available on the internet because it is necessary for how their business is conducted.
> Just my thoughts on this matter.
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> Kind regards
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> Meri
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