Upon a quick search for the name "Evan Ward", multiple profile accounts for facebook, linkedin, myspace and other popular sites appear, none of which are mine. I do have multiple accounts on different popular websites, but my use of them is extremely limited. My posting is few and far between on any given site as I prefer to have my personal interaction, well, in person. Whether or not someone took the time to actually find any one of my profiles would not matter much to me regardless. When I do use sites like facebook, it's more of checking messages/events more than posting, there is nothing that anyone would be shocked to find out on my accounts. Also, anyone I care to talk to is generally a contact on my phone or I can see them in person.
There is a general amount of security one should have in matters like email, but anything posted on a public site (or private like someone's facebook profile) is out there and anyone with enough doing can see it. Most things on the internet are archived, and people do save things and repost them later. It surprises me when I hear stories of people posting things online, or emailing something and it turning up online somewhere a few days (or hours) later. Absolute privacy on the internet is almost impossible, but you can do a lot to keep yourself secure.
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