Weblog 11/1

Our social action project accurately defines the affects of internet privacy issues.  We warn the reader of how many things that could happen to anyone at any time.  The reason for this happening can rely on both the users and the companies that own these sites.  There are kind of two sides for our issue.  On one hand you can blame the users, saying that they should really think about what they post or put on face book.  Whatever they put on the internet is there forever.  The companies could also say that there are in fact privacy settings, but most users just choose not to use them.  On the other hand, the users could fight back and say that there is no reason that our personal information such as our social security numbers, credit card numbers, addresses, etc.  I know for a fact that sometimes there is no other choice than to put your social security number online for a job application or even getting into college.  It seems like we are getting more and more involved with the internet with everything we do and that can be a good thing, but I believe that some things should not just be thrown out there.  I believe that if someone is fired because they post a picture of themselves doing something inappropriate, their boss should decide whether or not they want them in their company.  With that being said, I think that there really is no excuse for someone’s identity being stolen because they had put all of their personal information online because they were forced to for a job or school.  I really think that falls on the hands of the companies.  In an article on pcworld.com, there is a list of the biggest online privacy threats.  Their list was from one to five: 1.) cookie proliferation, 2.) seizing cloud data 3.) location data betrayal 4.) data never forgets a face 5.) scanning in the name of cyber security.  My opinion of this article is that it really boils down to numbers 1 and 2.  I think that cookie proliferation seems like it’s no big deal and everyone just clicks yes or allow.  I think that this is a really big issue and it needs to be altered somehow for the better.  Seizing cloud data is definitely another issue that I really haven’t thought about a big threat to privacy. I thought that something like this would be safe.  These “surprises” only feed our social action project and prove its relevance.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031908/the-5-biggest-online-privacy-threats-of-2013.html?page=2