Journal #12

Lately I have been hanging out with Matt Cackley on Facebook. I haven't been commenting on other people or any of that; I have been trying to see how much I can find out about a person from just access to their profile. I realized that some people have it set so that I can only see a limited profile, but others have it all hanging out. I can see everything. This is what my final project is on. It is really interesting to see all these things about people that I went to middle school with, and then never saw again; their lives suck! But other than that I feel like a total creeper whenever I am Matt because the people that are his friends, save for a few, have no idea who he is. He could be a online predator, but because he is the same age, went to a school they have heard of, and has mutual friends they assume nothing could go wrong. This is a security and privacy issue that I will definitely be writing more about in my paper. But, having this new set of eyes to see through has let be unbiased when looking at people profiles and I can gather a more accurate portrait of them than if I was to actually get to know them for a little while. YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING FROM THE CACK.