With the development of technology, Internet develops a lot. There’s no denying that almost all the people who live in every modern city has surfed on Internet before. For example, teenagers chat with their friends as well as strangers through Facebook or Whatsapp, while our parents may glance over global news and documents. And when they are surfing on the Internet, they always believe that they are totally safe on account of the fact that no one knows what they do. However, The truth is often the opposite. Actually our rights of online privacy have already been robbed by not only Internet corporations but also government.
In the The New Yorker on July 5, 1993. Peter Steiner published an interesting cartoon which called "On the Internet, …show more content…
For example, FACEBOOK, used by 829 million people everyday, is the most popular social network services website. So how can you take part in it and talk with your friends in your real world while they all use it? Type your name, your school, your hobbies, your major, etc. Latanya Sweeney from Harvard University claimed that she can 87% ensure one’s exact identify from his postcode, gender as well as birthday. What’s more, now in Facebook, Alan Mislove from Northeastern University researched that he can refer to one’s friends’ information only by getting the information from 20% university students. Like if one is a number of a club, how much probability is one’s friends have same hobbies. And the software made by Mislove will analyze whether one’s friends belong to that club. So it means you have no chance to hide yourself in that worldwide social …show more content…
And the most important thing must be how much information should be shared online. I believe it depends on everyone’s need. Supposing that you just want to talk with your school friends and follow some famous athletes, you may type your name, your school as well as other concrete information because your friends circle is what you know well. However, In the event that you are a crazy fan in social network and want to make friends with strangers, I am for the idea that your name and hobbies are enough for the reason that you even never meet them
In the The New Yorker on July 5, 1993. Peter Steiner published an interesting cartoon which called "On the Internet, …show more content…
For example, FACEBOOK, used by 829 million people everyday, is the most popular social network services website. So how can you take part in it and talk with your friends in your real world while they all use it? Type your name, your school, your hobbies, your major, etc. Latanya Sweeney from Harvard University claimed that she can 87% ensure one’s exact identify from his postcode, gender as well as birthday. What’s more, now in Facebook, Alan Mislove from Northeastern University researched that he can refer to one’s friends’ information only by getting the information from 20% university students. Like if one is a number of a club, how much probability is one’s friends have same hobbies. And the software made by Mislove will analyze whether one’s friends belong to that club. So it means you have no chance to hide yourself in that worldwide social …show more content…
And the most important thing must be how much information should be shared online. I believe it depends on everyone’s need. Supposing that you just want to talk with your school friends and follow some famous athletes, you may type your name, your school as well as other concrete information because your friends circle is what you know well. However, In the event that you are a crazy fan in social network and want to make friends with strangers, I am for the idea that your name and hobbies are enough for the reason that you even never meet them