As with most young folk my age I spend an obscene amount of time on the internet and a majority of that time is spent specifically on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook. On these I do as we all do and post miscellaneous parts of my life that most likely matter to very few except for myself. When I am not sharing my thoughts on those sites I can be found perusing the internet for items that I probably do not need on Amazon. After the current readings I am feeling a bit uneasy about how much I rely on my computer and would be devastated if it was wiped or hacked in the way that happened to Matt Honan. The first accounts I looked into to see just how protected my so public life really is, were the ICloud and Amazon (since I was instilled with fear). The ICloud is lacking in important information since I have not begun to rely on my Apple products just yet. The credit card it is attached to is not even valid anymore, because I have not bought music from Itunes in quite a while. This provided relief. Next there was the Amazon account. I searched around the site looking for a way to view my privacy settings with no luck, and realizing that I just needed to rely on Amazon to keep me safe. A naturally uneasy thought due to the horrors of hacking.
The next move was looking into the social media sites that i so oftentimes frequented. Starting with Twitter; all of my settings are set to as private as possible (which is hardly on this site). My name is protected and other than that I have little personal information. Assuring me that I am doing what I can within my abilities. This then led me to Facebook. I have every small box checked for only letting those who are my friends search for me, or message me.
I do try to keep my information as private as possible. Each of the sites I use have different passwords and modified as much as possible to protect what I can. Of course, the internet is a very open domain and I could never be fulling safe against a hacker if they desired taking my down with technology.