Access to Online Records. Too much information?

The opinion on privacy varies from person to person and generation to generation. While some individuals feel comfortable posting their every move on sites such as facebook, there are others who feel facebook is an invasive social tool. This resistance might have something to do with how much people feel they need to have control over their lives. When it comes to personal information that could be used for identity theft or other harmful practices, it is not difficult to see why there are so many individuals who still resist the freedom of information flow that is only growing with time. "Much of this information is scattered about in bits and pieces, but the fact remains that individuals have effectively lost control of personal information" (Byrne 5-6). However, there are some benefits to having information more readitly accessible. For the purposes of research, it is rather convenient to have less red tape when investigating a thesis or theory. Thus, while there is obviously a clear line that should not be crossed when it comes to what information is made more available, the question becomes where should that line be?