On 30 December 2013 10:43, Ankit Javalkar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One question I have is, if one is keen about protecting one's privacy >> then the right course of action seems to me is to not participate in >> (online) social networking at all. > >>> Isn't this similar to plugging out of the Internet only because of it's > negative aspects like spyware, trojans and viruses?
Is it? I think one can use, enjoy and appreciate all the best Internet has to offer without signing up for social networking. Neither Wikipedia, nor Youtube, nor Gutenberg, nor many of the newspaper, blogs, magazine sites require you to be a social networker. Some might need you to sign up for an account, but a throw-away mailinator email ID works on most that I have seen. Is social networking the only thing possible on Internet? Also, viruses at least aren't a negative aspect of just the Internet - there have been several that spread via Sneakernet. Binand -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
