The Internet and the Death of Privacy

Martina · 10-13-2012, 12:00 PM

I have found it really hard to adjust to having to censor myself online. I gave up FB a few months ago for several reasons, but that is one of them. I still have an ersatz account from which I play Farmville (to which -- regrettably -- I am dedicated.)

Anyway, having to be careful about discussing my job really annoys me. Someone threatened to contact my employer and reveal info re my kink life. She no longer knows where I work because I have changed jobs. But she knows my profession and the part of the world I live in.

It's just so annoying having to edit myself. I have a niche within a niche job now. So if I were to be explicit, it would take a few key strokes to locate me. Yet it's hard to share on the education thread without accidentally exposing some aspect of my job.

That I have to even THINK of that is perhaps the worst part of it. And then I wonder whether it is best if I don't share that info on the web. I guess it is.

But when I am reminded of my lack of safety, I become resentful. And I know the person who caused this would delight in that. It makes me sad to never be able to leave all that behind. Well, I could if I did not return to the Planet. But I haven't been willing to do that.

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10-13-2012, 12:00 PM	#18
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,284 Times in 4,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I have found it really hard to adjust to having to censor myself online. I gave up FB a few months ago for several reasons, but that is one of them. I still have an ersatz account from which I play Farmville (to which -- regrettably -- I am dedicated.) Anyway, having to be careful about discussing my job really annoys me. Someone threatened to contact my employer and reveal info re my kink life. She no longer knows where I work because I have changed jobs. But she knows my profession and the part of the world I live in. It's just so annoying having to edit myself. I have a niche within a niche job now. So if I were to be explicit, it would take a few key strokes to locate me. Yet it's hard to share on the education thread without accidentally exposing some aspect of my job. That I have to even THINK of that is perhaps the worst part of it. And then I wonder whether it is best if I don't share that info on the web. I guess it is. But when I am reminded of my lack of safety, I become resentful. And I know the person who caused this would delight in that. It makes me sad to never be able to leave all that behind. Well, I could if I did not return to the Planet. But I haven't been willing to do that.