Guarding Your
Personal Information: #Identitytheft #digitalfootprint
Twenty days ago, I had only
shared the information about my move to Florida with five good friends, because
I wasn’t exactly sure of the move. However, in that same first week, before I shared
my news with my Facebook and Blog friends, one of those good friends I
discussed my future with, told me that he was at a hairstylist’s shop and heard
from the guy cutting his hair all my private news. I was amazed and aghast at
the same time.
I asked all of the people I
had told and none even knew the hairstylist, except the guy getting his hair
cut. Then, that evening on television, I had watched a television show called
“Person of Interest.” This show is about a computer program that uses every camera,
computer, and cell phone in the world to monitor everyone, even those who have
no phones or computers. The concept is supposed to be a “what if?” show, but
everywhere you look, television shows like NCSI have computer technologists who
can supposedly hack into computer
systems to watch anything and anyone—everywhere. My personal identity and
safety suddenly feels at risk. Who is watching me now, as I sit and write my
blog. I’m staring right at my computer camera.
I understand that, as I
share my information freely on my blog, that this is now public domain. That
fact doesn’t frighten me. I want my blog and my websites to be for the public’s
use and information. How else would I be able to start my small publishing
company in Florida, if I didn’t have the ability to have social media and
search engines?
However, when I start to
think about what I share on Facebook and LinkedIn, maybe some of that
information doesn’t need to be so public. I waffle about all this. I certainly
try not to share facts I don’t want people to know, but I have written about
almost everything in my life. So, I would say that I’m one of those guys who is
very transparent. I’m not afraid to be who I am and don’t care who knows it.
That’s a good thing. This is an authentic fact. I like that in people, and I
try to be transparent most of my life.
I simply wonder
what and who is looking and has access to my bank account, my online
information, passwords, my social security number, and personal information
that I DON’T WANT to be shared? Many companies have evolved to try and protect
this digital footprint. As I search the Internet for information about this
subject, I see that an article in “Computer World” by Robert Mitchell says that
much of the publicly available information online is sourced from online
county, state, and federal government records and databases. This is, also,
where your social security number may be available. The image of a Russian or
Nigerian hacker browsing my computer is actually amiss. Most of the information
found about me on the web by people tracking me is from county-based databases
located in a building about a mile from your house. This does put my mind at
ease, a bit. But this information does make me want to hire a company to
protect my digital footprint.
To that information, I freely add that in July, I am moving to Southern
Florida to begin a new small imprint publishing company called: Finding
Authentic You Publishing: findingauthenticyoupublishing.com. I am accepting
submissions now for my January 2015 bookshelf. If you or any friends are
interested, please go to the website and read the submission guidelines.
Thanks.
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