Facebook saves the day

         The loss of privacy because of the internet and technology is a hot topic of discussion. Obviously, there are many disadvantages to having less privacy, but there are positives too. In mid-october, a 19-year old Rodney Bradford was sitting at his computer at his father's house in New York. Twelve miles away, an armed robbery took place a minute later. Bradford, who also was under investigation for a previous robbery, found out he was being investigated by the police for the robbery, and turned himself in, confidant he would be found innocent of the crime. However, when he got to the station, a witness picked him out of a line-up, and he was charged with the robbery. A shocked Bradford was transferred to jail, where he spent almost two weeks before his father found him an alibi.
         Bradford's father looked at his son's Facebook account, where he noticed he had updated his status just minutes before he allegedly committed the robbery. After the evidence was looked at, Bradford was found to have a rock-solid alibi, and the charges were dropped. In the big picture, Facebook could become a means of establishing alibis with the likes of phone records and video cameras, helping the judicial system to solve numerous cases. Although there is a definite loss of privacy using sites such as Facebook, there are also positives that are associated with them. What other ways could losing some of your privacy actually be beneficial? And does looking at the positives of sites such as Facebook change or reinforce your opinions on privacy issues presented by the internet and technology?