Talk:Megha Jain

Hi Megha! I really enjoyed reading your data identity statement. I related to the point you made about how data brokers having access to our information can be unsettling. I would be interested to know more about, in this situation, who has control over which parts of our data, similar to how you wrote about private vs public accounts in the next section. I definitely agree with the point you made about how privacy on social media allows for more control over our data. I think something that could improve your article is maybe referencing some of the readings, as I think that could strengthen a lot of the points you brought up. Overall, great job! - Sadhana Ramaseshadri

Hey Megha! I really enjoyed reading your article! You included a lot of great information and I liked how you structured it as going from Google, to a data broker, to your social media accounts since that shows a progression of how much more specific your online identity should have gotten. I was very interested by your thought at the end about our public vs private online identities and would have loved to hear more of your thoughts about that. Do you think people should be more or less public online? How much of that can we really control beyond having our accounts be private? What about what others post of us? Overall, this was a great read! - Emily Wogaman

Comment by Krithik Vallem:

Great article Megha! I loved the division of your page into distinct sections based on which method you used to search yourself. It makes it nice and simple to keep track of what is going on. The multiple avenues you took to figure out what was available about you online were also great. It was interesting seeing how each method (Google/InstantCheckmate/Social Media) failed to uncover significant information about you in completely different ways. I also liked the part where you mentioned how you get emails intended for a professor with a similar name, I thought that was pretty amusing. I think a blurred version of one of those emails would be a great picture to put into your page later. Something else that I think would be a great addition to your page is if you were to expand on the last part of your Google section, where you describe how different search identifiers would likely bring up better results about you. I think it would be interesting to see if you could somehow break through your current digital barrier of secrecy using information about you that someone might obtain through offline means, like your jobs or organizations you are part of.