The “privacy policies” that are extant are written in a manner that the average Joe wouldn’t fully comprehend. Now, with some of the new technology like face recognition and tags on Google images and the seemingly lax way all of this info is handled, it is increasingly become very detrimental to put much of anything on the internet.

I think it was Popular Mechanics that had an excellent article in which they pointed out how things like Facebook, MySpace et al while being great networking tools, they posed significant potentials for privacy violations. Also, they pointed out that while law enforcement requires a warrant to enter your home, the same does not apply to the ‘net. The regulations are a lot more lenient. Add to this the fact that potential and present employers can search for you online and find things that they don’t like, it can have serious consequences for your future. Then combine this with face recognition software and they can do a search based on your face, not just merely your name. This then bypasses usernames to protect your identity.

Take this into consideration with the fact that search engines cache your search and browsing habits and it is really easy to see how privacy on the internet is a complete fallacy.

Heck now one can’t even surf anonymously anymore, as most of those are mandated by law to hold records.

Kinda makes this whole ‘net a big Pandora’s box.