Although they come with many names, social networking sites or “keep-in-touch” tools have a common effect on our privacy. I’m not the first to criticize social networking sites such as Facebook, nor will I be the last, but I think many of us have forgotten what life used to look like before Facebook. While websites such as Facebook and MySpace were questioned and criticized upon their conception, that air of skepticism soon flew out of the window.

Eventually, even corporations and...