Is there such a thing as privacy online?

I have been thinking how people's online behavior look like. There is great freedom over there. Oneself can chat with his/her friends about almost anything. Anyone has the right to post pictures and articles expressing his/her own point of view on any topic prefered.However, It does not seem that there is any restriction on online freedom. What would a resentful office worker say about his boss within his virtual community? What nicknames would some rebellious students give their teachers in the chatting room? What kind of video shows or pictures would a desperate man publish on his ex-girlfriend online?...Are these people enjoying their freedom that is based on the others' sacrifice of their own privacy and freedom? There should be always responsibility coming along with freedom.

Samantha MacConnell post Don't overestimate privacy of online information

"Employers hiring potential employees and firing current employees based on
their online social networking profiles is an issue that deserves attention,but the bigger dilemma is the lack of privacy online." " I have to disagree with hiring and firing employees based on profile photographs. Shouldn't your personal life be left at the door? A person working five days a week deserves a little down time on the weekends. What a person does on his or her own time on days off should not be used to judge work ethic because that person may be serious and hard-working when they enter the workplace. Employers know that Facebook is popular and that our generation is utilizing it, but business and personal lives should not coincide."

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Yes, we need to drawn a clear line in between business and personal life. And yet, there is also close link between personal life and potential success or failure of that person's future career. Here, I am thinking: what kind of online profiles make employers fire those employees? If your online information is just about usual chatting of normal daily life...that everyone is doing, why is there worry for that? _________________________________________________________
Husna Najand post the following article titled Beware: the Internet could own your future

"The candid camera shot is the ultimate example. If you have never been personally confronted with this embarrassing problem, look no further than the latest public example - Michael Phelps. The photo of him smoking marijuana is the epitome of the candid camera shot gone wrong. He went from an exalted American hero to a petty criminal, thanks to one picture.As a result his professional life took a hit and he could be facing an arrest. It is a scary realization that a single photo can be your undoing and it is worse to know that you have no control over how that photo might be used. Sure we can ask our friends to remove a tag or take a picture down. But with ever-changing privacy terms, that may no longer be sufficient in getting rid of a potentially damaging photo"

Does this mean that person would be all right if he could hide the evidence of committing a criminal?I personally feel 21st Digital Age does do good to monitoring those public figures' personal lives. Nobody has the privilege to play double faces even being a celebrity and
important public figure.

At the same time, the concept of privacy and right is a very separate thing to a demand for total ananymity in all things. We are not only individuals but also groups. We can not expect to be invisible. At 21st digital Age, It is especially important that our students are to be educated to become integrated individuals. By only doing so, technology serves as tool instead of purpose.