The document discusses how the internet creates a permanent digital footprint and archive of people's online activities and sharing. It notes that employers and college admissions officers now research candidates online. Additionally, social media and other online sharing allows inferred personal information and locations to be tracked, even without explicit consent, and can impact people's privacy and ability to reinvent themselves. The document encourages thinking carefully before posting or sharing online due to the permanence of digital information on the internet.

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2. where the Internet records
everything…
We live
in a
world

3. …and forgets
nothing.
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4. Tweet, and blog entry
by and about us...
status update,
Every online photo,

5. can be stored forever.
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6. A survey by Microsoftfound that
75 percent
of U.S. recruiters and human-resource
professionals do
online research
about candidates…
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7. …and 70 percent reported that
they have rejected candidates
because of
information found online.
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8. is at an
.
Third party research
of your digital footprint
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9. of college
admissions officers admit they
“Googled” an applicant…
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10. social networking page
to learn more about them.
…while 31 percent
visited an applicant’s
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11. In 1890,
the
Kodak
camera was
scrutinized
for making
gossip
into a
trade.
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12. Today, the Internet
makes scrutiny
an expectation.
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13. A study of
inferred personal
information
from public content…
in the United States

14. …even if users
had not chosen
to reveal such information.
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15. When you share
interests, or outings online…
your location,

16. You are jeopardizing
your own privacy.

17. Onlineinformation can be tracked…

18. …to provide you with
…

19. …or find you.
Locate John Smith
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20. The Library of Congress
will be storing
an archive of public Twitter posts
since 2006.
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21. Now your drunk tweets
are here to stay
– .

22. Think of fame vs. infamy
– be careful what you wish for.

23. When the internet
never forgets,
how can
you reinvent yourself?

24. Think before you share.

25. Image Sources by Slide
All images used under the Creative Commons Attribution Share/Remix License
1. Photo by Robert ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/huffstutterrobertl/10313160914/
2. Photo by Jonathan Cohen ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathancohen/5284080208/
3. Photo by kerolic ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerolic/7722509322/
4. Photo by Rachel Carter ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/raggle/3625352438/
5. Photo by Yumi Samoilov ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/110751683@N02/13334048894/
6. Photo by Truthout.org ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/truthout/4902199888/
7. Photo by Sinthiya Soori
8. Photo by Danny Choo ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/8887251841/
9. Photo by UK Ministry of Defence ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/11822358066/
10. Photo by mkhmarketing ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8539048913/
11. Photo by Bill Strong ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bstrong/357369255/
12. Photo by Rafael Anderson Gonzales Mendoza ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/andercismo/2349098787/
13. Photo by Jason Mrachina ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/w4nd3rl0st/6857507755/
Photo by Keri J ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ideagirlmedia/5339904409/
14. Photo by Rishi Bandopadhay ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/rishibando/4660452869/
15. Photo by MTSOfan ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtsofan/13194016415/
16. Photo by Jacob Fg ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobfg/5656312591/
17. Photo by Saad Faruque ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/cblue98/6943095191/
18. Photo by Asim Bharwani ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/modenadude/3280286776/
19. Photo by Steve Garfield ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/1270723762/
20. Photo by Mack Male ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastermaq/3564004541/
21. Photo by Lotus Carroll ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelotuscarroll/9233212701/
22. Photo by Frederic Poirot ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fredarmitage/347361866/
23. Photo by Sahadeva Hammari ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/sahadeva/446157843/
24. Photo by: Pete ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/comedynose/4739614082/
5/10/25/26. Photo by Lena ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ontask/7771308330/

26. Articles Used
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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but most students unconcerned.” By Russell Schaffer. The Washington Post Company. October
2013. http://press.kaptest.com/press-releases/kaplan-test-prep-survey-more-college-
admissions-officers-checking-applicants-digital-trails-but-most-students-unconcerned
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they saw your tweets//www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/business/they-loved-your-gpa-then-
they-saw-your-tweets.html
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users-reveal-intimate-secrets
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