Menu
  • About
    • Staff
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Partners
  • Training Courses

NETUCATION Blog
Be Smart & Safe Online

Menu
  • Home
  • Contact Us

Blog

6Apr

Baby’s privacy exposed on LinkedIn

Ramon Thomas April 6, 2016 1

My dad was vigilant in protecting my privacy. He never allowed me to go anywhere without telling him first. And when I didn’t follow his instructions, there was hell to pay. Father’s who lead by example may be in short supply, however, the must still protect their baby’s privacy before anyone else. For as long as there’s been humans, father’s have been the primary protectors of babies. Mothers may nurture and feed babies, but it’s to the dad’s of the world the family looks for safety and security.

You may take this for granted in the concrete jungles of South Africa and elsewhere in the industrialised world. The more people in your “tribe” or group, the less privacy you can expect. And on a recent weekend retreat in Tsitsikama, Eastern Cape, I was introduced to the liberterian philosophy of the Consent Axiom explained by Trevor Watkins:

I believe that the basis for successful human coexistence can be reduced to a single statement, a single concept. This statement is the Consent Axiom: No action without consent.

This statement is as brief and uncompromising as the biblical 5th commandment, “Thou shalt not kill”. Like most 4 word sentences, some further elaboration is required for better understanding.

Patrick Korie must protect his baby's privacy on LinkedIn

Your Baby’s Privacy is Important

Of course a 1-year old baby cannot give consent to it’s photo being published for everyone to see on LinkedIn. Therefore it should not be published on any social networks. All parents must take the long term view before posting family photos and protect their baby’s privacy like it’s their own. Nobody will post photos of their bank account statements, so why do you post photos of your children without their consent?

This morning I stumbled across one of the many personal things people share on social media. A father, Patrick Korie, shared his baby’s 1-year photo on LinkedIn asking people to “wish” her happy birthday. The likes and comments were streaming onto the cute photo of the baby playing with the laptop. I decided NOT to like this and wished I could ask him this question, “Why do you abuse your baby’s privacy on social media?”

Reminder to Parents about Privacy

Parents, please stop sharing your baby photos on social media. When they grow up, they will not be happy with all this exposure unless you want them to become attention seeking reality-show watching crybabies with low self-esteem. A baby’s privacy is not more or less important than those of an adult, it’s of equal importance. Please remember and we will keep remind you to avoid this stupidity. Someone once told me, the way you know you’ve raised your children successfully, is when they don’t want to be famous!

Share:

  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Google Ads




← Previous Next →

Featured Professor

My dad was vigilant in protecting my privacy. He never allowed me to go anywhere without telling him first. And when I didn't follow his instructions, there was hell to pay. F...

Read more

Hours & Info

88 Xavier Street
Robertsham
Johannesburg
2091
+27 011 210 3900
help@netucation.co.za
Dinner: Monday to Friday, 09h00 to 17h00
  • facebook

Recent Comments

  • malerato sekha on Contact Us
  • Trevor Watkins on Baby’s privacy exposed on LinkedIn
  • Ramon Thomas on Contact Us
  • Thandokazi yawa on Contact Us
  • Webmaster Nisha on Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants school kids to learn coding

Copyright © 2021 NETUCATION Blog.

Powered by WordPress, Supreme, and EducationAcademy.

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.