How has the Internet Impacted Information Privacy?
Privacy is something many of society takes for granted. It is something that we all are given as human beings but throughout the years, the concept of privacy has changed. Sharing personal information such as family details, personal photographs and insights into our lives have become part of the norm in society with an increase in the popularity of social media networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Due to this, gathering information about people has become a lot easier and led to an increase in hacking, internet fraud and stolen identities. Information technology has allowed for individuals to easily display their lives to the world, thus decreasing society’s value of what is …show more content…
Throughout your life you are likely to encounter some various forms of surveillance, for example there are websites which allow users to watch video surveillance from various Areas ranging from, schools, front lawns, houses, bars, playgrounds, etc, just by simply googling surveillance cameras which in some cases also show the cameras location. This allows users to watch cameras which are registered and un-registered from around the world and gather the information of the location. If someone has a personal surveillance system set up at their home and its connected to a login server so that the person can be able to check there surveillance system if there away from home, it is possible for a person with malicious intent to invade someone’s privacy with their surveillance system. They are able to do so 24/7 through websites if the camera has been streamed or are able to access the camera through the ip and by cracking the password, without the acknowledgement of the home owner and will be able to invade not only on their privacy but there family’s privacy as well. Cookies are a small data file that is stored on the user’s Hard drive by a website when the user visits it through a browser. These cookies contain information that has been on the pages visited such as passwords, visits, and items that have been examined and the dates, these cookies are then stored and sent back to the company. Cookies allow websites to monitor your behaviour without your knowledge or consent. This could allow people to watch your every step over the internet and allow them to trace all your information back to you, if there are websites or information that you would not like to share, they can be accessed through these cookies if not deleted. Which allows vendors to trace the movements of
Privacy is something many of society takes for granted. It is something that we all are given as human beings but throughout the years, the concept of privacy has changed. Sharing personal information such as family details, personal photographs and insights into our lives have become part of the norm in society with an increase in the popularity of social media networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Due to this, gathering information about people has become a lot easier and led to an increase in hacking, internet fraud and stolen identities. Information technology has allowed for individuals to easily display their lives to the world, thus decreasing society’s value of what is …show more content…
Throughout your life you are likely to encounter some various forms of surveillance, for example there are websites which allow users to watch video surveillance from various Areas ranging from, schools, front lawns, houses, bars, playgrounds, etc, just by simply googling surveillance cameras which in some cases also show the cameras location. This allows users to watch cameras which are registered and un-registered from around the world and gather the information of the location. If someone has a personal surveillance system set up at their home and its connected to a login server so that the person can be able to check there surveillance system if there away from home, it is possible for a person with malicious intent to invade someone’s privacy with their surveillance system. They are able to do so 24/7 through websites if the camera has been streamed or are able to access the camera through the ip and by cracking the password, without the acknowledgement of the home owner and will be able to invade not only on their privacy but there family’s privacy as well. Cookies are a small data file that is stored on the user’s Hard drive by a website when the user visits it through a browser. These cookies contain information that has been on the pages visited such as passwords, visits, and items that have been examined and the dates, these cookies are then stored and sent back to the company. Cookies allow websites to monitor your behaviour without your knowledge or consent. This could allow people to watch your every step over the internet and allow them to trace all your information back to you, if there are websites or information that you would not like to share, they can be accessed through these cookies if not deleted. Which allows vendors to trace the movements of