Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp

The stories about two people ‘meeting’ over the internet (and later falling in love) are countless and even old. Scandals and tragedies over personal information being disclosed without one’s approval, however, are beginning to alarm people. Search engines like Google and Altavista, portals through which over 3 billion pages can be accessed, yield thousands of results upon typing in a person’s name. As there is no ‘internet patrol’ to monitor accuracy or privacy of personal content, posted information can be potentially threatening if the wrong people read it—like a malicious co-worker. Correcting such information (or even getting it removed from the net) can be an extremely difficult if not impossible task. No doubt, the internet comes with plenty of boons, but the end of privacy is ultimately its bane-YaleGlobal.