I'm an older sister to a not-quite-so-technologically-savvy teenager who has recently begun to discover the wonder that is the internet. Unfortunately for her I refuse to be cool about the whole thing and have to make sure that 'no sketchy business is going down'. My issue - that I don't trust anyone but myself when it comes to information being distributed on the internet. My sister, and I'm sure many other people, are (in my humble opinion) much too lax about the information they distribute about themselves on the internet. I'm a member of dozens of websites like everyone but I've begun to be a bit more conservative about what I actually put on them. 

On Facebook, for instance, I have my privacy settings almost of maximum. I realize this won't keep everyone out so I simply omit other things that my friends, who aren't as crazy as me, share freely. I don't like the fact that anything I decide to put on the internet will be there - forever. This doesn't stop me from joining various information sharing websites such as twitter, tumblr, flickr, google+, etsy, and last.fm. I'm not going to cut down on my 'web experience' just because I know that certain information will be retained. 

I already knew that the Facebook was recording my every move, but I'll admit the lecture brought other websites and even daily activities to my attention. There isn't any way around using the internet, so my digital identity has been carefully constructed so that I still feel safe, but share just enough to make myself an interesting google search. Go ahead, try it for yourself.