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The Internet Has No Delete Button | Share With Care!

Sam Writes Security
3 min readOct 20, 2020

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Mistakes make us human, and it’s from mistakes that we learn. But, sometimes our mistakes stay online for a very very long time.

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Sharing Is Caring

We’ve heard this far too many times haven’t we?

Let’s learn to share with care instead. The internet is like a single computer that doesn’t go offline ever, and on top of that, has everything backed up #ALWAYS. So, even if it went offline for a couple of hours it still wouldn’t lose a thing. Technically the example doesn’t make sense, it’s clear that my version of the internet is a magical device ☺.

But we don’t seem to learn much, do we? Be careful with what you share online. Some people may forget about it, but the internet won’t. All of your activities are stored somewhere, somehow, by someone for reasons that will remain just theories for quite some time.

I believe there is a lot that we don’t yet understand we just do things that are done by others. Especially if it’s trending.

The dictionary definition of “common” is the primary reason why we share what we share on Social Media. All of which is unnecessary but common.

If we consider “usual” an appropriate synonym for the ter common then sure, sharing personal information with millions of people you…

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Sam Writes Security
Sam Writes Security

Written by Sam Writes Security

Freelance writer. Linux & cybersecurity enthusiast. Welcome to my world!

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