Online privacy, a big deal or not important?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn't seem to think so. In stark comparison to most parents who feel that social networks aren't taking privacy seriously enough. So who is right and who is wrong?



In the internet age where everything revolves around technology, does Zuckerberg have a point?



It is an ever interesting debate, that will no doubt continue to rumble on for some months, perhaps even years. I guess you have to look at privacy like this: would you like someone to open a letter sent to you, read it, then put a flyer advertising products related to the content of your letter? Probably not. Yet that is what major technology networks are effectively doing.

Not to mention the fact that our very moves are being recorded by data storage facilities every minute. You can kind of understand why people are concerned. It does seem strange that alot of the population aren't aware because most don't actually 'see' the consequences of such privacy 'violations'.

I guess people essentially need to be aware of just what they sign up to and shouldn't be fooled into thinking that because it is 'online' or on the 'internet' it will be fine..in all likelihood it won't.