Many people when they participate in the internet world have what you may think of as a "secret life". They do and say things that they normally would never do, because no one knows who they really are... right? RIGHT?!
Wrong. Someone, if they looked hard enough, can find out who you are. Everything you do on the internet is documented.
Actually... everything you do in life is documented.
So it is really this big secret life that you don't want anyone knowing about?
I have played online games since I was like 11-12. I have played all kinds of games. Some I am even considered a very well-known and liked player. I don't hide who I am. I know that if they wanted to find me they could. I could find anyone I want to find if I was creepy enough, which I'm not... so no worries. There are people out there that really are THAT creepy.
But the big taboo about the internet is...
1. No girls on the internet
2. Every person behind the "other side" of the screen is some old perverted dude that wants to murder, rape, and chop you up in tiny pieces. That could be either/all/or just one of those options.
The truth is.... you're more likely to get hit by a bus crossing the street than someone come and find you off the internet. You're more likely to get hit by a drunk driver going to the grocery store at 1pm than to get killed by a person on the internet.
So why is it so scary? Is it the lack of knowledge? the what if? the wondering? I'm saying keep yourself safe and be smart you know don't give out your home address... make them work for it goodness. Just know once it's on the internet... it's there. It's never going away. It's never leaving.
Be careful what kind of finger print you put into cyberspace.
-J
Wrong. Someone, if they looked hard enough, can find out who you are. Everything you do on the internet is documented.
Actually... everything you do in life is documented.
So it is really this big secret life that you don't want anyone knowing about?
I have played online games since I was like 11-12. I have played all kinds of games. Some I am even considered a very well-known and liked player. I don't hide who I am. I know that if they wanted to find me they could. I could find anyone I want to find if I was creepy enough, which I'm not... so no worries. There are people out there that really are THAT creepy.
But the big taboo about the internet is...
1. No girls on the internet
2. Every person behind the "other side" of the screen is some old perverted dude that wants to murder, rape, and chop you up in tiny pieces. That could be either/all/or just one of those options.
The truth is.... you're more likely to get hit by a bus crossing the street than someone come and find you off the internet. You're more likely to get hit by a drunk driver going to the grocery store at 1pm than to get killed by a person on the internet.
So why is it so scary? Is it the lack of knowledge? the what if? the wondering? I'm saying keep yourself safe and be smart you know don't give out your home address... make them work for it goodness. Just know once it's on the internet... it's there. It's never going away. It's never leaving.
Be careful what kind of finger print you put into cyberspace.
-J
