Internet privacy concerns (was: online reputation and real life reputation)

[nakymaton]

Sure, I'll change the thread title. (I thought about saying something about privacy concerns, but was afraid that sounded too paranoid. Because I'm paranoid... my old stuff isn't very embarrassing, but it's still, well, unprofessional.)

[injest]

OOOOOOO!! A woman with a tawdry past....where is that durn Google??!!

(are there pictures??)

oh wait!! you said unprofessional..not tawdry...

[nakymaton]

OOOOOOO!! A woman with a tawdry past....where is that durn Google??!!

(are there pictures??)

oh wait!! you said unprofessional..not tawdry...

*snort*

Pseudonyms are key.

(no, there are no pictures... my internet indiscretions pre-date digital cameras.  )

[injest]

good grief!! How old ARE you??!! why digital cameras have been around for what?? five or ten years!

LOL!!

[Penthesilea]

For myself, I am more concerned with the misinformation that comes up googling my name (ya know, the arrest record and all that stuff - I SWEAR I'm innocent  ) than I am about anybody reading what I've had to say here. 

Yup. Same here. I googled my full name and two girls came up, which had some things in common with me. Like similar age, same school career, similar profession, etc. One of them living just a few miles from me 

When I google either Penthesilea or Chrissi and Brokeback Mountain I don't get any results linking to BetterMost.

[Kelpersmek]

I don't tend to associate my name and my internet nicknames.

I don't even really use the same nickmname from place to place.
There is definitely a very bad picture of me out there that I cannot get rid of, but I don't know anyone here well enough to share that yet! 

[injest]

good grief!! How old ARE you??!! why digital cameras have been around for what?? five or ten years!

LOL!!

I posted this this morning...and made a rude comment about Roland...and how he predated pencils...

I did delete it but some of you may have seen it..

I was wrong to post that. I apologize to anyone I offended.

I MEANT to say...

he predates clay tablets and sticks....

 

[injest]

I don't tend to associate my name and my internet nicknames.

I don't even really use the same nickmname from place to place.
There is definitely a very bad picture of me out there that I cannot get rid of, but I don't know anyone here well enough to share that yet! 

Oh go ahead!! we won't tell! (will we guys?)

[nakymaton]

Speaking of online pictures:

From National Geographic newsfeed: "Face Recognition for Online Photo Searches Sparks Privacy Fears"

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070105-photo-search.html?source=rss

(I might be paranoid, but maybe they really are out to get me...)

[Kelda]

when I google kelda_shelton I get 15 results - 2 of which are from here both links to the suro brokie meet up thread oddly enough!