Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Privacy and Security
In today's ever changing world, more and more of our lives are being spent online. But as we spend more and more time online, we also are constantly sharing more of our information online. We make credit card purchases and store very pertsonal infromation on cloud computing services. While the many advantages of computer and online usage could be detailed for days on end, the potential ramfications of this technological use need to be addressed. As discussed in the article "How Megadata Brought Down CIA Boss David Petraeus, Google recently published that "the U.S government made nearly 8,000 requests on its users' accounts in the last six months," and that aproximately 90% of those requests were either partially or completely obliged. Clearly, information that we believe to be private on the Internet is no longer so. Can we trust our information to behemoth companies such as Amazon and Google, knowing there is a possiblility the information we have entrusted in them could be shared with others? Do the people who gain access to this information have the legal rights to invade our privacy? These are questions that our way above my head, but ones that Internet users must be aware of when transmitting any information of value over the Internet. We must know the potentail ramifications of storing and transmitting information on the Internet and than determine whether such activity is truly worthwhile.
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You raise some great points, but unfortunately I do see these companies gaining more power over our information. Right now, it seems like the best way to stop it would be to go back to the days of buying and selling exclusively without the internet. The only problem with this is that nobody will want to do that.
ReplyDeleteYou raise a very good question regarding the safety of sending personal information to Google and Amazon even though they are trusty companies! Unfortunately, the theft of identity through spyware is a real danger to our privacy and security.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I log into amazon or do a search on google I can easily see they are tracking basically everything im doing or seaching.
ReplyDeleteIn today's online world, we really need to be cautious about the information we put out on the web. Technology is very vulnerable to malicious hackers that we run the risk of having our information breached. What should be of primary concern is our privacy, reputation and decisions that are at risk if or when the information we share should fall into the wrong hands. One must be diligent when submitting information online and following up to be sure that the information was sent and received safely.
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