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reillyk
How does Blogging effect your security?
Oct 8 2008, 6:28 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 8 2008, 6:28 PM EDT
Topic: Personnel Blog Security
Question: How does blogging about your private life effect you privacy and personal safety?
Progress: I have completed the research portion of my project and have started writing the paper. Here is the rough draft I have so far...

In 1995 the personnel diary died and the blog was born, no one cried, there wasn’t even a funeral, people simply feel in love with the concept of blogging. In the past people used to keep journals or diaries that detailed the events of their day and helped capture their inner most thoughts and feelings. Now in this age of technology people ditched their pen and paper and moved to the digital form. At first, the change toward advancing technology seems logical and benefical but this switch opens up peoples personel lives to the entire world wide web. Although there are many different types of blogs I focused my research on the personnel blog.
The personnel blog is the most popular form of blogging and is most similar to a diary entry. The user updates most personnel blogs at least once a day. These personnel blogs are a way to document you life, no task is too small to mention in the personnel blog. These blogs are most frequently used as a way for the blogger to keep in touch with family and friends who may often be in different parts of the country or even the world. I believe the intentions of the blog are good but because of the nature of the Internet, a blog can turn out to be a very easy way to be a target of crime.
For several weeks now I have been tracking the blogs of four different women between the ages of 21 and 35. I know two of these women and the other two I do not know. Additionally, I do not know anyone else who knows these other two women. I strictly know them in a cyber world.
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leingles
leingles
1. RE: How does Blogging effect your security?
Oct 14 2008, 7:21 AM EDT | Post edited: Oct 14 2008, 7:21 AM EDT
Is a blog similar to Facebook in terms of privacy settings? Do bloggers have the option to make their blogs private and only available to certain readers, or are they, for the most part, open for everyone to enjoy?

Maybe you could talk to a few employers and find out whether or not they take applicants' blogs into consideration. Would a blogger be turned down from a job that involves a lot of work with computers? with people? with children? Which employers are more likely to look into an applicant's cyber-life and base their decisions accordingly? Do you find this valuable?