Privacy and Technology...

Privacy to me lately has a hard description. Almost anything related to new media has no or little privacy on it. Following this last week of watching all the presentations the people that had video's on one girl's facebook profile even though she was an Ivy League graduate, really had surprised me that jobs wouldn't give her a job. I think that if you work hard and get your work out of the way than anyone should be able to have a good time. Some of pictures I found didn't really have anything too shocking, maybe partying or out in the sun on the beach, but I think that most employers have to realize that they were a kid once too and they need to understand that college is fun too. College if you just sat there and studied all the time and slept at night, I think that you would go crazy people need to get out and relax every once in awhile to clear the mind and clear up some unwanted stress from College usually. College in general people need to have some fun because afterwards you grow up have kids and get married and responsibility comes knocking at your door. Marx stated in his article many reasons that privacy is important, but the one that I found to be the most unique was, " The ability to control information about the self is linked to the dignity of the individual, self-respect and the sense of personhood. Self-presentations and back-stage behavior are dependent on such control". I totally agree with this statement because even though someone may party or relax and have pictures of them posted on the internet, I think that it doesn't say too much about their character and their work ethic. I have many pictures on my facebook that I want to actually get rid of now before I graduate, but truthfully you can find anything from a google search on the internet now-a-days. Privacy should be upheld that is why some of the new media technology that I've been reading about with ubiquitous computing may make privacy much less aparent to yourself or others. I believe that everyone should have right to privacy but if it is necessary such as a missing person, drug abuser, murderer, or any other criminal form that privacy should be taken. I think that the sex offenders website is a good site for the public, it posts all of the sex offenders in your area and I think knowing the kind of neighborhood your going to move into whether your a college student or someone who's trying to raise a family makes you more aware of your surroundings. 

How does this relate to interpersonal relationships? I think that privacy is important to interpersonal relationships because they should be private. For all you know someone could be reading you so called private conversation with the other person. One of my friend's bought his girlfriend a phone and paid the bills on it and came to find out that he could read the text messages that were being sent from the dealer's website. He eventually came to find out that she was cheating on him and he dumped her. To me, I'm glad that he found out but that simple example goes to show that no one is safe out there and anything can be found at any time in the world wide web.