Don't deny me the job based on an opinion I might have!

     Digital citizenship can be defined as how to appropriately act when using the Internet. There are nine elements to consider when posting anything on the World Wide Web. I, however, will discuss three elements and show how they can either positively or negatively affect my life. Digital law, which is abiding by the law involving but not limited to  releasing destructive programs, illegally downloading software, movies, and/or music and hacking, with other possibly beyond these examples. A close friend of mine (sorry, keeping the name private) was illegally downloading movies. One day he went to go access his Internet and a warning from his Internet Service Provider and Universal Studios warned him that unless he signed a wavier and removed all pirated movies, there would be a 10,000 dollar fine and up to ten years in jail! To all the people who still download movies illegally (my friend has stopped due to this) it's not worth it.

     Digital Literacy is an extremely important concept to grasp for many employees, along with college and high school students. My diligence as a college student is provide research for many courses. Although, you can find just about every topic on the internet, it is my responsibility to assure that the information is correct by assessing it. With a majority of my courses also being online, I need to know the proper way of being able to use technology. Both of this issues could negatively affect my grades if I didn't have the knowledge of technology and searching strategies.
     Finally Digital Health and Wellness. Computers have not affected my life in a psychological manner, however, in a physical aspect I am 27 and at 24 I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel, nerve damage, and arthritis. Not only that,  I see a chiropractor at the minimum of twice a month for having locked vertebra in my neck due to my excessive computer usage. Unfortunately, I don't follow many guidelines to prevent computer related illnesses, for this has effected my life in a negative way. The following is a link which provides the remaining six digital citizenship elements.
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

   Follow these guidelines when using a computer to save yourself pain now and in the long-run.
     Do you find it appropriate for employers to make hiring decisions based on your information on social media sites? I have to say that this is NOT an appropriate way to base a decision of whether to hire a person. People have free time after work and should be free to do as they please. For instances, I am pro-life, this topic wouldn't be brought up in a work setting and tends to be a touchy subject for many, but could it hinder me getting a job if the hiring manger is a strong advocate for pro-choice? I would like to hope not, but with employers plunging into decisions based on personalities outside of work, I keep my life to private communications. As should other people. Here's the webpage to look over for anyone wondering others views on the topic ... http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2008/03/employers_get_outta_my_facebook.html
     Since this course is about computer security and this module we did some surfing of the web to find out digital footprints we left on the web, during my research I came across some shocking information that I would like to let viewers of my blog be aware of. Many smart phones and digital cameras have GPS systems on them. What individuals are not aware of is that taking pictures with the GPS setting turned on can store the metadata of the exact location; the latitude and longitude of where that picture is taken. This gives easy access to a perpetrator.  Here's a video of how to protect yourself from revealing your location on the web. Thanks for reading!