Everyone wants to use the internet as conveniently as possible but they also don't want to give out all their private information on websites. How do you know who you can trust and who you can't and are websites really as safe as they might seem to be? These and many other questions keep popping into people's heads as the intelligence of the internet and those who use it becomes more and more advanced.
One of the scariest parts of the internet right now is that most people who use it don't know what information can be seen by other people and what information stays private. How many of the people who search for things online know that what they search for is saved forever and can be more easily seen than they may think. Now everyone has their own opinion about individual privacy. First there are the privacy fundamentalist who would almost never give their information to a website. Then there are the privacy unconcerned who care only slightly what happens to their information. Last but not least we have the privacy pragmatists. Most of the people in this category are very open to the idea of giving the information to websites but only after they have learned what the information is needed for. I would say most of the people that i know fall under this category, including myself. It is much easier to trust a website and give them information when you know why they need it.
The internet is definitely starting to become a lot scarier than it once was, with more and more people trying to find a way to steal people's information. It always seems like the more you put online the more you have to lose but if you know how to protect the information you put online then having the computer remember your password, hopefully won't hurt you too much.
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