Internet privacy

everyone it seems there’s not much we can do about it. Thesis: However, both articles, “How Should We Think About Privacy” and “Privacy Pragmatism”, provide solutions to keeping our privacy safe within the boundaries of our personal lives. BODY: Lanier sees privacy where power and information as the most important tool in keeping your data. On the other hand, Mundie, author of “Privacy Pragmatism”, provides a solution which allows people to put their trust into an organization that would keep…

Information technology and the long time debate of privacy has evolved and changed continuously through the years to form to the personal need business needs. The concept of privacy and the privacy of data have become a much needed commodity. Privacy can be grouped into two different definitions on being descriptive the other being normative, depending whether they are used to described how individuals perceive a situations and conditions and the way they are value as well as their…

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…

about privacy on the internet. The Answers I got varied with age. The older respondents were more concerned about their privacy on the internet compared to the younger people. I believe this was due to the fact that the older people may have had more important information gathered over the years than the young individuals. Another reason would be previous experiences with their privacy being breached and now were more cautious. Despite the answers being different there was a sense of privacy…

In the modern world, reliance upon the internet and computers is exponentially increasing. But at the same time, the averages person’s likely hood of having malicious actions directed at him/her on the internet is on the rise. Tracking a person’s movement over the web is constantly being refined over the years in an attempt to combat the defenses users are developing/using to protect their personal information and privacy. For example, two of the ways a person can be identified over the web is…

also done with cookies. Cookies play an important role in our day-to-day activities online. The major issue with all of this convenience is that cookies are also used to track browsing habits of users. Which is a concern of many Internet users, because cookies can track Internet history, and companies’ hosting web sites can use these cookies to track exactly when the user visits and how often they visit their site. This is important to advertisement companies trying to make a sale. This browsing…

If physicians are not deceptive, courts should still not allow all types of medication to be to be prescribed over the internet. Although the physician may not be trying to deceive his client, he or she might want to get medication they should not be allowed to have. As mentioned in the article, the website had general information about the drugs, their side effects, online questionnaires, and the individuals answered them to sought the medicine they wanted. This can result in great consequences…

Electronic Privacy: When Is It Acceptable to Violate? In the twenty-first century, Americans pride themselves in their right to privacy. In fact, they take it for granted. Today, privacy is an expectation. But with the rapidly advancing technology of the modern world, it is also being pushed to its limits. While the Constitution guarantees citizens the right to tangible, materialistic privacy, when it comes to electronic privacy the standards are unclear. This lack of clarification has led to…

Today, our society is centered around technology. The internet is used globally containing all aspects of life ranging from politics to education to entertainment. Although the internet has become a necessity in the development of civilization, the privacy and security it provides has come into question. Countries such as China and North Korea decided to regulate the information provided to their citizens through the internet, which, I happen to disagree with, and has sparked some discussion. I…

Internet tracking, its one of those things we never really think about. We all go along each day blissfully unaware that every search, every purchase we make is most likely being tracked by the websites we visit. Most website companies use this information to push advertisements that are customized to what you like. No big deal right, but what about the companies that sell the information they gather from us without our permission. Shouldn’t we have a say in what information companies can…