Tuesday, January 29, 2002
While trying to write a decent source code for my new website, a realization came to me. I could track every people, every netters that visited my site with little problems. That realization makes me to wonder, if it is so easy for me to track people down in the web, then it must be easier for not-just-everyday-net-user to track me down. This notion scares me far more than death.
I have always value my privacy. That's way I've chosen to live alone instead of living in a triple room.
Privacy is important to me. That's why most people don't really know me. Sure they know me but their knowledge on me is just skin deep. I dare say even my parents don't really know me. They think I am their innocent, good-hearted son. Those words make me laugh my heart out.
My religion is privacy. That's why I wear masks. I have a scholar's mask at home. I wear a saint's mask in the public. I tape a joker's mask in front of my friends. Sometimes, I borrow a devil mask. Sometimes, I wonder whether I have ever taken off my masks.
Privacy. That's why, if you realize, I've stopped writing my personal feelings here.
Knowing I seldom show my face to the world, I found it disturbing that all of my preferences, my style of surfing , my ip addresses are easily obtained by anybody provided that 'anybody' knows how to manipulate the resources in the net.
By writing this, there is no way I'm saying I was ignorant. I know all of these violations of privacy do occur but I had never known to what extend. Now that I know, starting from this moment on, I'll practice a very safe surfing style. Disable scripts, never accept cookies. And Cookie Monster, you better stop eating cookies or else, somebody will be stalking you virtually...

P/S - Am I writing too much? I earned a place in Blogger's 10 Most Recently Updated Site too often a time. I'm a blogger..ouch, that hurts.
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