Is anything really private?

Freedom from the observation, intrusion, or attention of others the definition of privacy according to Bing.com. How can that be promised using Web 2.0? I do use Facebook, Myspace, Youtube,ect. I can understand why many people are afraid to use them. Just in my experience I've had strange people add or message me and the fact that I didn't know anything about privacy settings with I first made my site, I feared that these people would track and find me. Even if your site is private people can still tag photos of you or write about you. A picture of your living space can be found using GoogleMaps. There's site where you can search old classmates. All these things are available without even your permission. Also today some employers look your profile and can base if they are interested by this. It can be helpful to get a taste of what that person may be into but to be judged off comments someone leaves on your site and such isn't fear to the person and has nothing to do with how good of a worker you are. I found a saying from an article by Andrea Di Maio that I liked and completely justifies this topic. He quoted his colleague Daryl Plummer email signature:

Integrity is what you have when no-one is watching

We are in some way always being watched from our social profiles online to security cameras in stores. The only way we might actually get some privacy is when we are long gone in our casket or turn to ashes.
Maio, A.D. (2009, September 28). Forget privacy, it is just an illusion [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/09/28/forget-privacy-it-is-just-an- illusion/(Maio, 2009).