In the article “The Internet is a surveillance state”, which appeared on CNN.com on March 16, 2013, Bruce Schneier claims the government can see our every move on the internet. He goes on to state, “Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked at all times.” (55). He uses specific and persuasive examples from his work experience to share his thoughts and beliefs on a subject that not everyone is aware of, but the ones who do are usually chilled by it. This paper will analyze Schneier’s article from his view as an American security technologist, cryptologist, and author of “Liars and authors:…
As technology advances, members of the free society are able to access an increasing wealth of information. However, the Internet will always have the potential to revolutionize the world, both for the betterment of everyone and the detriment of everyone. In Lloyd Axworthy’s article “The Internet and Global Human Rights,” he compares the positives and negatives of the Internet. People have a higher potential to use the internet to pursue unethical ideas than good because the internet allows for spreading false information through the manipulation of facts, stealing of intellectual property through piracy of content, and creating a harmful atmosphere through false identities and privacy concerns.…
Evergreen The Internet is a powerful tool providing various information, including personal data. Also, the Internet can make any person famous worldwide in a short period. However, the fame received by the Internet is not always positive. That is to say, the large audience can see and share some content that can ruin one’s life literally.…
In our daily lives, we relinquish some of our private information ignorantly. As human beings, many of us tend to simply hand out our information in exchange for other items or free services. Many times, online shopping offers better prices but at what cost? Sometimes, better prices means relinquishing your private information that could be obtained by anyone at anytime. In the article, The Convenience-Surveillance Tradeoff, the author makes compelling points on how our society is unaware of the repercussions that come with relinquishing our…
According to Mr. Jerry Berman’s testimony, “44% of web sites provide the users with exactly what information they collect, and 52% justify how they will use the information collected. Shockingly, only 39.5% of the websites gave users an "opt-out" clause, which means allowing the user to decide whether they would like to be "re-contacted for marketing purposes". Only 25% of these same sites gave users some control over the disclosure of data ”(Cdt.org). These facts show that, although some web sites are beginning to step up their privacy policies, many more are still without a policy at all. As Mr. Berman also states in his testimony, “offline businesses and professionals accumulate personal data, but these entities can usually be trusted to use only the information that is appropriate to their own service area” (Cdt.org).…
Since the introduction of internet in 1990s, people’s life has changed drastically. Because people use the internet in their day to day activity, constantly personal information like credit card numbers, bank details, social security numbers, personal data, usernames and passwords are travelling between computers through wires or air. As much as business believes that their user’s data is secure, hackers find their way to obtain user’s private data and use it for the benefit of the criminal. Identity theft was the number one complaint category in the CSN for calendar year 2014 with 13% of the overall complaints. The purpose of this study is to explore the increasing cases of identity theft through internet.…
Computers can store and track everything about you. Your banking information, social security number, and anything a person has ever done online. This information about people can be transferred to anyone, anywhere in the world. This could cause a person’s identity to get stolen, and cause much chaos in one’s life. Computers can be way more powerful than people on this level.…
Today’s internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. It changed the world in so many positive ways, but it has also a negative side to it. The negative issues that we are facing today with internet are our online privacy and data breaches. Recently, many people were divided in terms of their strong views about the importance of privacy and the exchange “between security needs and personal privacy” (Rainie & Maniam, 2016) as millions of Americans were also affected by online threats and privacy breaches and at the same time concerned with our security. The focus has been on government monitoring, although there are some other significant issues and concerns about how industries use our data.…
The tremendous development of Internet technology has created various resources on the Web instantly accessible to users-commerce has become a very important technical advancement for businesses in varying business practices (Brodie et al, 2007; González et al, 2008).The business arrangements have also developed strategies to utilize the technology and expand their client base and implement Electronic commerce (e-commerce) to present their products or services to the securities industry through their power to form and hold a job network. With any information technology, such online selling of merchandise and services, ensuring transaction security is critical. Nevertheless, assessing the securities perceived by consumers usually involves a…
“Staying Safe In Cyberspace.” The World Wide Web may seem fun and controlled, but in reality, it’s full of dangers that many people wouldn’t even want to imagine. These dangers include real people known as internet predators, viruses and scams, the various layers of the Internet known as the Dark Web and Deep Web, and the fact that nothing is ever gone, not even after you delete it. These reasons are why individuals should stay safe in the real world, and even safer in cyberspace.…
With the ever-accelerating updating of science and technology, humans are not content to live only in the real world. We found ourselves travel between virtual and real world frequently more than ever. Virtual world has already become part of our daily routine. It is revolutionizing the way we live and view the world to an unexpected extent. Nevertheless, its benefits still need to be measured against its liabilities when compared to real world.…
Assignment #2 The reason why normal people tend to expose themselves to the malware risk is mostly due to their lack of knowledge or carelessness. For example, in the text it states that “many people ignore the content of the want to trust this applet?” and merely click trust. The problem is that unsuspecting people are not fully reading what these dialog boxes say and they will simply “allow any signed applet to run on their machine.”…
In today’s world, technologies such as the internet are a necessary tool in many people’s day to day life. The internet can be used to check the weather, submit a job application, or even conduct a business meeting. However, due to the vast amount of information and the ease of accessing the internet, one can come upon many dangers through the use of this tool as well. Dangers such as phishing, cyber stalking or even cyber bullying. For these reasons and more, it is important to not only to protect one’s self from the various dangers but the children who are growing up with devices that support the internet as well.…
These findings are intriguing because the majority of users are in either one of two camps: appalled or apathetic. It is very rare to find someone who is naive enough to wholeheartedly trust the companies and/or random people on the internet. This is an interesting because before I looked at my survey results, I believed that most people did not know about the dangers the internet poses to an individual’s privacy. But as I went through my collected data, I found that most of my survey takers were at the very least apathetic about the intrusion to their privacy the internet possess, if not angry or worried. This may be because those that took my survey were all college aged people who grew up with the web.…
Arguably the biggest challenges include the loss of privacy and the loss of control of personal information. Schmidt and Cohen state that “in the future, our identities in everyday life will come to be defined more and more by our virtual activities and associations” (31). An individual’s on-line identity will impact their opportunities and limit their control of how they are perceived by others (32). This is occurring already to some extent. The plethora of data and information that can be collected and stored continues to increase, and companies and government already have access to a great deal of personal information.…