Internet privacy, Little Red Riding Hood added me on Facebook!

When it comes to the Internet and our very close and personal information we find ourselves quite worried. How can I protect my personal datas in such an open world as the Internet?
Dominique Wolton remind us that the history of Democracy is the construction of a public space ("espace public"). That is to say the possibility to freely talk about all the problems related to our society. In opposition to this public space is a private space where we'd historically find sexuality, moral or family relations.

But in the last decade gaps appeared on the border between public and private spaces. We wondered more recently how far the exhibition of our private life on social networks, which are public websites composed of personal profiles, could go. What's worth be said and shown, what's not? What should be hidden from who? And most importantly where do all my 'Summer 2011 in Marseille' pictures go as I published them on my Facebook profile? And what about my name, surname, home address, telephone number and hobbies I entered on that website the other day? Where do they all go? Because questions are asked risks might be taken. We now know that some organisations buy our personal information from Google, Facebook and the others. So far to show us targeted ads. So far...

Little Red Riding Hood, Gustave Doré

But the danger doesn't always come from one side. On an lighter side are The Spying Parents! A lot of parents spy their kids. Because they don't know the risks that are taken. Because they actually do know these risks. Or because they want to have an overview of the online activities of their cherub. But then is it spying or parenting? Why should a kid not be allowed to have and develop his own private garden on the Internet?
Because at a young age, they are nothing but Little Red Riding Hood. Naive and curious. Brave but fragile.