Will wonders ever cease? This week in the light of the Boston bombings and investigations, the television is beseiged with the term, "Digital footprints!" It describes traces that people leave of themselves on their cell phones or their computers. It is amazing what federal authorities can learn about people and their interests, conflicts, and personalities by reading the digital footprints of someone who has not meant to leave electronic hints.
It talks about the "online presence" one leaves behind. It shows how many people one interacts with, what the person cares about, what turns him on and what turns him off and what gets his blood boiling. Actually, after I read this, I went back to my own site and did a little snooping on what an investigator might find out about me in a single reading. Scary--intrusive--gossip fodder, at times.
And what would it find out about my "presence" as a human being---am I there for someone, anyone!
Some people think so. Hallelujah that they crossed my path digitally for the good! There were no castigations coming through but I don't want my life to be measured by this set of "Footprints". I need to take stock of my daily life and I probably need to remember how easily life can be traced by sources at hand. Maybe I should be more careful ---especially of the anger fits I have on e-mail! Those temper notes might be the only footprint of mine some people ever see!
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