Talk:Yunhao Wang

Kevin Lee

Hey Yunhao - I enjoyed your introspective look into your own online identity and how the relation between your "real" and "virtual" selves. As you talk in depth about your experience with Data Privacy, and how that is correlated with how much time you spend online, you bring up an interesting dynamic.

"It makes no sense that someone can live well in the Internet community while not sharing any personal information." As more and more of society completely transitions into the digital world, I would bet that more and more people will spend more time interacting with digital "venues" such as the blogs and social medias that you mentioned (There will probably be a-lot more !). This brings to question - Just because we spend more time online, does that mean we should accept some degree of lack of privacy? For example, when we check out items at the grocery store, we don't feel the need to have privacy (anyone can see what you're buying). However, people would be mad if your Amazon purchase history got leaked. This makes me wonder if theres something about being in the digital that makes us want more privacy.

Lastly, I think it would be good if you talked a bit more about who you see yourself as a person, and talk more about the identity aspect of it, rather than just privacy. (Ex: Is your digital self more "you" than your physical self? Why or why not? What about the digital aspect or the real aspects affects how you identify yourself?)

Best, -Kevin

David Forystek

Hi Yunhao, I thought that this was a very well written data identity statement. In the beginning when you clarified that there is a difference between who you are in person vs. who you are online, I believe holds true to many different people. Since you were not able to find anything about yourself through a Google search, I would say you have done a good job keeping your information private; but I agree with your opinion that it could potentially hurt future business endeavors if companies cannot find anything about you while searching. I think you could add a part under the "Data Broker Report" section about what was found about you through that report; or if there was no information about you found from the report, explain your take on data broker reports. Do you believe they can be used for good, or is the amount of information that can be found too invasive? You should also add two pictures to the post, possibly one about yourself, or just what is found on Google while searching your name.