The networking giant FaceBook has quite an opinionated buzz to it. Some people love it for its ability to put people who are far away together and the quick ability to organize and chat with friends. Although it seems the biggest draw is the fact that you can customize your profile to any extent you want and show everyone your true personality. On the other hand, some people despise it for its somewhat superficial conversations held amongst users, clunky interface, and just general fear of automated conversation. Perhaps their biggest complaint is how much out there people put about themselves, and how much of a privacy risk this can be.
The Marines have recently been blocked from FaceBook. The exact reasons are vague, but the corps say that the service, along with all other social networking sites, (MySpace, Xanga, etc.) provide too much information to an average person about one of their recruits, and this could possibly prove detrimental to their role as soldiers. They are also worried that the soldiers will reveal information about the corps that no one outside the service is meant to know, and that this could create a big privacy problem.
Previously, Marines used the service to catch up with friends and family who were often far away as recruits could be sent anywhere in the United States, as well as be required to have active duty on a traveling ship for some indefinite period of time. Some unfortunate troops can even be sent overseas! The soldiers found a convenient avenue through which to communicate with the people whom they left behind, and a good way to stay in touch and in the loop as to what is going on back home.
The loss of this program hit some of the troops hard. Homesickness is a big problem for even the most battle hardened soldier, and these marines were not spared from it. Imagine the sorrow a new recruit felt, and how he misses his parents and friends, possibly never having even left his town before!
These marines deserve to use the service. We can trust them with our nation’s security in armed combat, we are sure they can discern about which information to put on the Internet and what to leave off. No marine has “twittered” off his battle plans and ruined the mission for everyone yet. Either way, by using a readily available change IP proxy, these marines could change their IP addresses and get past the Internet blocks. An IP changer can also cover their Internet tracks, in case their drill sergeants run a tight ship on Internet access.
There are many soldiers who already use a change IP proxy to travel anonymously around the Internet, and many more signing up daily. Get with the program and change your IP to connect back with friends and family again. Fight and win the battle against homesickness; change your IP. That’s an order soldier!
