TODAY'S HOT BUTTON: "Why 'Twittering' may be hazardous to your health"! Connecting with friends and family is a good thing for many of us. In recent years, websites hae popped up to help us find old contacts and they've each had their Andy Warhol moment...fifteen minutes of fame. Now, some sights are better than others and equally so, some of these websites are notorious for causing chaos. "My Space" is one of those places were bad things have happened. NBC's Dateline had exposed underage users being "phished" into sex with predators. All of which, were folks who went out of their way to put young kids in a an awkward and illegal circumstance. e-Bay has a reputation for bad transactions with people purchasing big ticket items sight unseen who return days later to get their money back. People's Court is where many of these lawsuits eventually turn up and nobody learns their lesson. Then there's Craig's List. Another website with classifieds and people to mingle with. We all know about that particular sites link to prostitution, drugs, gay sex, and most recently, homicide. So where does a "Facebook" or "Twitter fit into the mix? Sure, there's rotten apples everywhere. This site has had problems with scams and "phishing" and people claiming to be someone they're not. Nine times out of ten, these get screened out before any damage is done. Now, the big thing that everyone talks about these days is, "Twitter". Do you "Twitter"? Are you a "Tweet"? Oprah does as well as Ashtom Kutchner. They think you should too however, I don't and I won't. Here's why... Everything you do on the Internet leaves a thumbprint already. To check on a bank account or confirm an order, or sometimes as little as accessing a website, you are asked for personal information like Social Security numbers, address', phone numbers, credit card and ban information, and they often ask for your very personal information such as where you work, if you're married, and if you have any kids or make more than a hundred grand a year. With all this information out there already, why do I need to "Tweet"? Twitter takes things one step further by making it possible to find where a particular person is in the world right at this moment. Who they are talking to, where they're going, and what they're going to do next. I don't need that in my life. Google for example, has given us "Google Earth". A nifty computer application that can give you a virtual 360 degree view of your home as it is as well as your name, address, and telephone number. Within the past five years, college interns have toured the world in a van while filming your home. They've been doing this from street level as well as satellite making it as easy as a mouse click away to see who's cheating on you with your wife. I've got my hands full with "Facebook" and I don't always keep up to speed withis one either but, if I feel the need to talk to you, I'll e-mail you back or pick up the good old fashioned phone and call you but, please don't invade my privacy!
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