Privacy and Social Self-Regulation

Recently I have been thinking more about the interesting dynamic resulting from individuals’ willingness to publicly reveal much of their personal information on Facebook. As I attend more and more technology events, I hear a consistent message taking place: open up social networks. The goal is to allow people to transport their connections from one site to another. Is this really smart?

In the United States, citizens are known for valuing their privacy. For some reason though, many in the technology sector would like to make their lives a little more transparent by granting social networks (and possibly search engines) access to their complex tree of social, family and professional relationships.

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