Big Brother is watching...

A conversation with my colleagues a few days ago lead a scary revelation. The supermarket that I work for has a nationwide team who scour the internet, focusing on websites such as facebook and twitter, for any slanderous comments it's employees make about the company. Obviously it is never a wise move to publish negative statements about the company you work for, mostly because your boss may have access to your social media account. To have a team who check for this however is eerily similar to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

There was a recent incident of a group of teachers having their pictures of them on a hen night on facebook. It caused 'outrage' with some parents. Personally I think the parents who were 'shocked' and 'disgusted' were born in the wrong century and should get a grip. The teacher's real crime? Not making their accounts private! Here is an article on the incident. I've made sure mine is but I wouldn't be silly enough to criticise the supermarket I work for. My pictures however are somewhat dodgy, but I am trying to be normal. 


Privacy is something that is becoming increasingly difficult to have in the technological world. Take the current Ryan Giggs situation. Twitter has revealed it is prepared to identify thousands of people who revealed the identity of the mystery footballer who had an affair with what's her name who was on what's it called. Seriously? Maybe as it becomes increasingly difficult to have any privacy, more so if you are in the media spotlight, then we should all learn to only have nice things to say and more importantly keep it in our trousers?

I again look back on the Tin Foil Hat people. Maybe you guys are right! We sure as hell have to be extra careful if we want any privacy!