My concerns here are similar to the issues that were brought up in the Barnes reading about Teens and online social network sites and privacy issues. The main idea that Barnes focuses on is that social networking sites offer a "paradoxical world of privacy," where:
- they offer teens a community to share thoughts and ideas, and connect with eachother
- but at the same time, these sites are used by government and businesses to collect information on us
All in all, I don't there is a single approach to tackle this problem but there should be an increase in education about privacy issues and social networking sites among teens. I think that social network sites are a positive medium for teens to express themselves within, however I also think it can be dangerous that they are not aware of just how public their information really is.
- Do you think more needs to be done by the government to enforce privacy online, or is it simply up to the individual to be responsible for the information they put online?
- Should marketers and other organizations be able to collect information on you based off of your profile on online sites?
- Are you personally concerned with third parties collecting information on you based off your social network profile?
2 comments:
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I don’t know to what extent the government would be willing to enforce privacy online. Unfourtunately we have the government to fear with privacy concerns. I think that there should be laws to protect us from our information being published to the world; but I still think that ultimately it is up to each individual. Unfourtunately the government is in a position where they can claim that any possible threat to the government or the status of society is enough for them to review anyone’s information. Even if you haven’t done anything. As long as we have the potential to commit a crime – which we all do, then we are worthy of being searched. Nonetheless we still have reason to fear that our information can get into the wrong hands. I believe that there are laws for this already, and this is why privacy policies exist on websites. I think that this is a good policy in ensuring privacy for users.
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As the Pew internet survey pointed out, I agree with most users and think that the collection of our data should be something a user should agree too. Personally I have no problem with being targeted to directly with my likes and dislikes. For me, I figure I’m going to be bombarded with advertisements anyway, so they might aswell be with something I like or am interested in. However, I think the information they collect should be very basic – as I wouldn’t want them knowing my address or telephone number, or other personal information. Likewise, I would want them to keep the information they collect private.
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I feel as though facebook has a good privacy system, so I am able to manage my profile in such a way, that I can avoid unwanted readers. However, I have like 300 facebook friends, and even though I’ve blocked off people I haven’t accepted as friends, I am aware that these 300 people have access to my profile. Therefore, if anyone was to hack into any of these 300 accounts, my information is out there. It can be a bit terrifying and I always try to be careful about the information I post online.
1. I would like it if the government enforced some privacy restrictions, though I'm not sure what the government can actually do. I agree with Kassandra's response, that it's "ultimately up to the individual" to protect their privacy online. I told my roommate about our class activity of searching our information online. She couldn't find any of her information whereas most of my information was online as I was less careful than she was.
2. I think it's find for marketers to have access to people's profiles. I feel like they don't do any real harm, they are only interested in furthering their marketing tactics.
3. I am concerned with third parties collecting my information. Marketers I understand, but groups/organizations with other intentions do bother me.
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