I generally don't try to hide anything since it seems that the things I try hardest to hide are the first people find. I am very open about my life and will answer just about any question asked politely. I don't have a job where public opinion could cause my career to go bye bye either so I'm kinda lucky. When people find out about what I do on EF they almost treat Sigel better cause I think they feel sorry for him and admire him for putting up with his sex crazed wife! Gotta love MidWest values... less

Really good topic to talk about.

I take my internet security pretty seriously because of a certain evil policy that has not yet been repealed. And also there are just some people I don't want knowing about my sex life (i.e. anyone I share a bloodline with).

So I use a completely separate, private email address for this account as well as any others I want to be kept away from the email addresses I actually use on a regular basis. I even use fake names. And I never get too specific about myself or where I live.

What I really hate is that now it seems all websites have this facebook connectivity and it can TELL I have a facebook account. And with one wrong click, it could connect to my account and post crap on my page. I think if my family saw my EF stuff, I'd be mortified. less

That ability to connect with Facebook terrifies me!! I don't want those people there to see this face. Some of them know it, but family, co-workers? I think maybe I should also switch email accounts...

I have always known not to keep "naughty" photos on Facebook or Myspace. I'm surprised people do that at all. But I do know a few people that include that aspect of them as a part of their public face--they know the risks and are mature adults.

There is so much talk villainizing places like Facebook over privacy matters. I find it all very simple--don't share anything there that you don't want everyone knowing. There are other places to do that. But it is getting harder now that everything is connected to it. Again, I don't like the ability to connect here! less

I totally agree! No matter how good the privacy settings are on any site on the internet, once you publish something it will forever be available to someone depending on how bad they want to find it. So I just make sure to keep very personal or private photos or statements off my facebook and the like.

I just freak out when I see the little facebook "F" symbol as a button and it says, "Be the first to "like" this on your page!" or "Share this with friends!" because I know that if I were to accidentally hit that button, it would automatically connect it to my account. less

Given many of us are reviewers and fans of sex toys and sex in general and we are all using the internet we've probably all run into times when we've wanted privacy or had our privacy violated in some way we did not foresee... so what works for you? What steps do you take to protect your sexual activities online from going public.

What hasn't worked for you? Or what do you wish you had done to protect yourself before you were exposed in some way? less