To my relief, I found that I'm not very googlable when I searched my name in Google. The only result that actually related to myself was the twitter account I've made for this class. "MinJung" is a common name in Korea, and I noticed that there were a lot of other MinJungs in the search results. If anyone wants to get information about someone named "MinJung," googling is definitely not a good idea.
There could be some advantages of appearing in Google search engines, but I feel that there are too many risks involved. It could seriously threaten people's privacy if too much information is exposed to the public through the Internet. Personally, even though there was only one search result that related to myself, I felf highly uncomfortable about it. In addition, there are some limitations associated with googling. It would be difficult to get accurate information of a person with a common name by using google search engines.
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You brought up a very good point in your post. How common your name is has a very large impact on whether or not people will be able to find you specifically. My name is shared by a few other people in the world, but it was unique enough to still return a lot of results pertaining to me specifically. I also agree with you that it is frightening to think that someone could so easily find information about you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point that having a unique name that makes you easily googable is a large security risk to one's privacy. I surely wouldn't want someone to google my name and find a bunch of information about my personal life, and ultimately have the capabilities to stalk me. As for my name, it is so common that the results weren't even related to finding any personal information, since Do is synonymous to the english "do"
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