One day just out of curiosity, I typed my name in google search, and was shocked to know that any person can learn many things about me and my life through the internet. Thanks to the Webskills course, now I know about privacy settings in blogs. The trick is to uncheck all necessary boxes in 'Edit Profile' page which is found right under the profile picture. If not to do so, the programs called 'bots' will find the email address. Also, I learned how to make the blog invisible to search engines. I think it's always good to know such privacy settings. Besides, if I ask students to create a blog, some of them say that they prefer privacy and don't want everybody see what they write. They think that once something is in the internet, any person in the world can view it. So, in such cases, knowing about privacy settings lets students relax and helps them write and reflect freely.
Nice post, Shahnoza. And you've figured out how to add a picture into your blog.
ReplyDeleteThere is a actually a series of "new" words in English, such as self-googling, vanity-searching, or egosurfing. It is not a bad idea to do this once in awhile to see what is "out there" about you.
Robert
Hi Shahnoza..
ReplyDeleteI just found out about this new feature of Blogger. In my opinion,it's nice to know that we can make our blog invisible to search engine. I got many spams in my email because people can see the account by googling on the internet ..it can not be avoided that we open ourselves to the "other" world when we use a technology such as internet..
All that we can do is be aware of what we submit on the internet specially the personal data and prepare ourselves with some information such as the privacy setting you posted here..
Thank you for sharing ^^
P.S : I like the picture..
Hi Dhika, I fully agree with you. Everybody should be aware of privacy issues when using the internet. It's always good to be safe and secure when it comes to your personal information. In this sense, Robert's handout about privacy settings in Blogger.com is very useful.
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