[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[Theresa M.]

"Google keeps track of everything we search. Where does that go? Nobody
really knows."
Use a proxy server. From the safety of your own home.

I'm going to throw my two cents in here and say that unless you're someone
really special, or have someone out to get you, no one really cares what you
write on the internet. I do keep many things private because I'm a private
person, and maybe future events will prove that all those silly people
posting things online made a biiiig mistake, but I don't think that will
happen. Googling my name pulls up very few results actually related to me...
And none I would particularly want to hide.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Lisa Guidarini <lguidarini at aapld.org>wrote:

>  If you admit to “playing hooky” from work one day, someone considering
> hiring you may decide not to. Ditto if you say you’re going on vacation, or
> will be away from home. That’s like telling the world – “Hey, my house will
> be empty!”
>
>
>
> It depends what you write. There may be consequences for anything. Then
> again, there may not. That uncertainty is the unknown.
>
>
>
> For me, I don’t have a common name. I’m super easy to find. My brother in
> law Googles me for fun sometimes, then quotes me back to me. It’s annoying,
> but not serious. And what if I Google a venereal disease? Google keeps track
> of everything we search. Where does that go? Nobody really knows. I could be
> Googling for an innocent reason. Or maybe not. I could Google fascism, how
> to join Al Qaeda, anything at all, for reference. But those keeping track
> don’t know that.
>
>
>
> Again, the unknown. It depends on your degree of trust. I have none.
>
>
>
> Lisa
>
>
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>
> *From:* Lynne Ingersoll [mailto:lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:32 PM
> *To:* Lisa Guidarini; 'brad thomas'; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
> *Cc:* publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights
>
>
>
> Ok, I Googled myself.  I had to.  Found out there are quite a few other
> people with my name.  They are probably more interesting than me.  There
> were 778.000 hits.  I looked at the first 3 pages; I think 4 or 5 were
> actually me.  Nothing inflammatory or derogatory.  Well, maybe my Facebook
> photo, but it *is* actually me.  You just can’t do anything on the
> Internet without a sense of humor and fearlessness of consequences.  What’s
> the worst that could happen?  Somebody might not like what I say?  Oh
> dear…..
>
>
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
> Reference Services Manager
>
> Technical Services Manager
>
> Blue Island Public Library
>
> 2433 York Street
>
> Blue Island, IL 60406
>
> (708) 388-1078 x21
>
> (708) 388-9301 Fax
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>
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>
> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Guidarini
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:39 AM
> *To:* brad thomas; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
> *Cc:* publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights
>
>
>
> But what we write on the internet stays forever. We may change our opinions
> on anything, but just not write about it so the world can read it so no one
> would know. The internet is forever. Other postings aren’t.
>
>
>
> Lisa
>
>
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