If you, like myself, have been inhabiting the internet for a few decades, you're probably familiar with the old adage IRL (In Real Life). The acronym was used a lot when the distinction between online life and offline life was much greater than it is now. In today's world, can we really keep ...
If you, like myself, have been inhabiting the internet for a few decades, you're probably familiar with the old adage IRL (In Real Life). The acronym was used a lot when the distinction between online life and offline life was much greater than it is now. In today's world, can we really keep referring to our digital life as being somehow disconnected from our real life?If you, like myself, have been inhabiting the internet for a few decades, you're probably familiar with the old adage IRL: In Real Life. The acronym was used a lot when the distinction between online life and offline life was much greater than it is now.In today's world, can we really keep referring to our digital life as being somehow disconnected from our "real life"? While it's true that pseudo-anonymity online is still alive and well, most people don't hide their real identity online because it's much different from their personality offline, but generally simply as a protection.Our digital life and communications can affect our employment, our dating life, our family life, our housing situation, and even the capacity we have to visit a country or not. Because there isn't much separation anymore, we should treat all data collected about us online as sensitive data intrinsically attached to our person.