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Probably unlike many people who grew up in a digital age, I could not find anything about myself by simply Googling my own name. When I tried to Google “Zhen Lian”, I found some interesting details about a Ph.D. student from Cornell University and another software engineer from Google, but none of the search results were a representation of my personal data identity. Nothing relevant to my data identity was showing up, at least not on the first few pages of Google’s search results. Maybe I am buried somewhere deep in Google’s search engine waiting to be discovered. | Probably unlike many people who grew up in a digital age, I could not find anything about myself by simply Googling my own name. When I tried to Google “Zhen Lian”, I found some interesting details about a Ph.D. student from Cornell University and another software engineer from Google, but none of the search results were a representation of my personal data identity. Nothing relevant to my data identity was showing up, at least not on the first few pages of Google’s search results. Maybe I am buried somewhere deep in Google’s search engine waiting to be discovered. | ||
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The best representation of my online identity that I could find about myself was my Facebook posts from middle school that made me cringe so hard I tried getting rid of them immediately so that no one else has to cringe in pain if they come across my Facebook account. I am the type of person who is very cautious with my personal data and how it is shared. For example, if you ever try to search for me on Instagram or Twitter, you are most likely not going to find me because I don’t share any personal data on those platforms. And even for someone who is so cautious with data protection and privacy, there were still data about me being shared behind the paywall. But as far as open data sources and social media, my online identity is unreliable and is only a representation of me in the past. | The best representation of my online identity that I could find about myself was my Facebook posts from middle school that made me cringe so hard I tried getting rid of them immediately so that no one else has to cringe in pain if they come across my Facebook account. I am the type of person who is very cautious with my personal data and how it is shared. For example, if you ever try to search for me on Instagram or Twitter, you are most likely not going to find me because I don’t share any personal data on those platforms. And even for someone who is so cautious with data protection and privacy, there were still data about me being shared behind the paywall. But as far as open data sources and social media, my online identity is unreliable and is only a representation of me in the past. | ||
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Introduction
Probably unlike many people who grew up in a digital age, I could not find anything about myself by simply Googling my own name. When I tried to Google “Zhen Lian”, I found some interesting details about a Ph.D. student from Cornell University and another software engineer from Google, but none of the search results were a representation of my personal data identity. Nothing relevant to my data identity was showing up, at least not on the first few pages of Google’s search results. Maybe I am buried somewhere deep in Google’s search engine waiting to be discovered.
The best representation of my online identity that I could find about myself was my Facebook posts from middle school that made me cringe so hard I tried getting rid of them immediately so that no one else has to cringe in pain if they come across my Facebook account. I am the type of person who is very cautious with my personal data and how it is shared. For example, if you ever try to search for me on Instagram or Twitter, you are most likely not going to find me because I don’t share any personal data on those platforms. And even for someone who is so cautious with data protection and privacy, there were still data about me being shared behind the paywall. But as far as open data sources and social media, my online identity is unreliable and is only a representation of me in the past.
