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Poll here

I voted no, but then you've got to ask yourself the following question:
Should you be telling someone personal informtation online in the first place?

While I agree personal info shouldn't be divulged, people bring it on themselves by telling people who then release it because they're heartless bastards.

I would say if it's not a joke and it's something personal and serious the definitely not. (which is why i voted no.)

The personal information shouldn't be given out online in the first place.

I voted no, anyway.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
I voted no, but then you've got to ask yourself the following question:
Should you be telling someone personal informtation online in the first place?

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that doesn't matter at all... Information given online, by the phone, sms, whatever.... It is like "ooh it's said online so I can spread it further"... TBH that's BS and not an excuse at all to spread info...Unfortunatly many people take this as the excuse to spread stuff...

People should be wise enough to keep the info they get from someone and not spread it, being said online or not...

Especially if it's said online... you can never really be sure who you were talking to unless you talk to the person IN PERSON about what you were talking about really.

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Originally posted by traxor

The personal information shouldn't be given out online in the first place.

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Why not, I mean yeah I wouldn't give it just to any random shit. But I mean some people I do trust. To be honest I don't think anything should be posted with prior consent. Unless it's incriminating or whatever then it should.

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Originally posted by GiantSpider
But I mean some people I do trust.

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Well if you were sending personal information (information that you don't want to be posted) to someone you trust then simply tell them to ask you before forwarding on any of information.

Although, people that you don't know or don't trust, then you can't expect them to keep the information private.

GiantSpider, some people who you think you can trust may not be trustworthy at all. People over the internet are never what they are in real life, it's very easy to put on a front. They don't need any skills in acting to do it, all they need is a good imagination and the will to lie to people.

A way to verifiy that someone is not someone else online is to provide some 'special question', like my Chinese name with my Chinese friends (not to be racist or anything), as they are the only ones that know. (NOTE: I'm in Canada, so it wouldn't work in Hong Kong for example.)

"Should conversations be released without consent" to me means asking whether I would encourage you to do that.  The answer to that question is "no", because some people might not appreciate it.

On the other hand, if you were to ask "Can conversations be released without consent", I'd have to say "yes", meaning that if you are not bothered by the fact the other person might not appreciate it, they will have no sustainable legal or moral objection against you.

This is a fine distinction, but one that puts the responsibility back where it should be: think before you talk and be sure you don't divulge sensitive information to people you don't fully trust.