Not literally obviously, that's a whole different topic - but The Sydney Morning Herald has a good summary of the implications for privacy in an online world. For a flavour here's the end game list of how one can build a picture of 'you' from public domain sources.

• Your eBay purchasing record reveals your possessions and interests.
• Your Amazon comments and reviews reveal your reading history.
• Your Wikipedia editing record reveals your interests, opinions, even travel history.
• Your Flikr/YouTube/MySpace account/blog shows what you look like, who your friends are and what you think.
• Your web domain record may have your contact details and phone number.
• Your web browsing history is stored by ISPs and accessed by organisations such as Hitwise.
• If you don't know how to secure a wireless router, your neighbours can scan your computer and download your private files.

All of which is insightful for newcomers to the web, and a salutary reminder for those of us who think we know what we are doing, but even that doesn't touch upon the curious discrepancy of a generation that thinks nothing of sharing intimate details online via myspace/blog/whatever but is also vehement about protecting notions of 'privacy'.

Tags: Privacy, Sydney Morning Herald