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May 28th, 2009

So, this is the price we pay for indulging in social media, I guess.

I am thrilled to have reconnected with so many friends on Facebook. One of them sent me this message yesterday:

Alright, so how’s this for random: I’m in the car, taking my wife for a check up, pass by a new grocery store and notice that they have a picture of you, your husband and two kids on the store front window. Life size. I kid you not. Will take a photo of it later today and send….

What you don’t know from this message: this college friend lives in the CZECH REPUBLIC.
Just to let you and other readers know…you can do image searches on google using keywords like ‘family’ and such, and images all across the web on blogs, facebook and other places will pop up. I used to work in marketing and stock photos, or professional photos that are purposely staged for advertising use are expensive, so it’s not uncommon for people/agencies with less that reputable practices to pilfer images off the web. To prevent having your pics stolen, you can of course use flash to post stuff, but for the less-tech inclined user, make sure to only post low res images. They are absolutely fine for viewing on blogs, facebook, etc., but useless for marketing material. Also, when posting albums to facebook, make sure you select the ‘viewable by friends only’ otherwise, like I said before, they can show up on google searches and be accessed by anyone.

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