Marcia Clemmit's Argument Analysis

Privacy! It’s an elementary principle we all value and fight to protect. However, with technological trends, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, our lives have now become accessible to all. These social media platforms have become part of our daily lives, from sharing personal information or activities to communal networking. The fascination to be trendy and acquire followers, is compromising our privacy principles and places us at significant risk. It’s remarkably easy to pretend that we control what personal information we share, however, realistically we leave technological trails every day we login to these apps, or browse the internet. For the most part, it seems that

The unknown author(s) of the article “Your Browser Is Selling You Out,” states how website advertisements, computer programs, and websites in general are collecting and storing private information. Andrea Rock, the author of “How Private Is Your Private Life?,” shows how her doing everyday activities puts her privacy at risk. Also both articles explain what cookies are and how they are used for ad networks such as DoubleClick. Andrea Rock’s article is put in sequence format to show what she does during the day that puts her privacy at risk, such as using a supermarket discount card, registering a car, or using an E-ZPass (Rock 683-685). In contrast, the article “Your Browser Is Selling You Out” goes through three different ways in depth on how privacy is being collected and

Social Media is a current way in which people are using to interact with one another daily. Since the launch of various Social Networking Sites (SNS) its been a huge attraction in a new way to share information with others and correspond with interests of your choice in many different forms. Although social media sites allow users to share information with friends and other sites on the internet, many people are unaware of how their privacy is getting out. Now that the expansion of global connection through these social media networking sites are so highly present in todays society, giving us easy access to information, the lack of one's privacy is being diminished. Everyday peoples privacy rights are

As a human, we can’t make good privacy decisions; we get short-term easy rewards like access to Facebook, or access to Gmail. The privacy risks that come with that, the risks of our data being used against us, or being used in a

Consider the last status you posted to Facebook, the latest tweet on Twitter, and the last search you made in Google, and think, what is the common factor between the three? The answer is that each time you upload a picture, like a status, or search for something online, your audience is much larger than one would anticipate. Completely unaware to us, every click of the keyboard we make, leaves a trail of electronic footprints for companies and unsavory individuals to follow, gathering a plethora of information into every aspect of our lives. Until recently, privacy was not a major issue of concern. However, in recent years with the rise of the internet, ease of access, and growth of mobile technology, individual and societal awareness of the topic have made it a matter of concern. Therefore, throughout this paper we will not only define privacy

Social networking sites can be compelling and addictive, carving out precious time that could be utilized for other possibly more important endeavors. Lately, we have heard in the news how some social networking sites use personal information gleaned from a person’s use of the sites. The more we communicate on-line, the less we communicate face-to-face and thereby possibly

This article is especially informative for my topic because it includes facts and statistics that enlighten people on the lack of privacy we have on social media and what problems it may later present in the future. Clemmitt, Marcia. "Social Networking." CQ Researcher 17 Sept. 2010: 749-72. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. Marcia Clemmitt, journalist for CQ Researcher, wrote a lengthy article in CQ Researcher expressing her concern for the exclusive personal information people post on social media and what should be done to help people protect their private information on social networking. In Clemmitt’s article, Cliff Lampe, an assistant professor of telecommunications at Facebook, includes that all of the workers express deep concerns for people’s privacy. Lampe

Due to the increase in different websites, teens have been known to give up private information without much thought. With as many social websites there are, it’s no wonder so many incidents have lead to a demise of a teen. With the terms and conditions always stating that it’s their ‘private profile’, children see no issue with sharing their personal lives to the world. They believe that it won’t been seen by those with malicious intent. However, their naive minds fail to see how easy it is for a sadistic minded person to take control of them. To deceive and tear them apart. The world knows it happens, as stated within the article, “..the young boy who unknowingly conversed with a pedophile or the girl who was cyberbullied to the point where she committed suicide.” It was just that that has convinced parents around the world to follow through with spying on their child’s internet use and

Social media is a digital communication process that connects people in the creation and exchange of dialogue, content and communities. Nowadays, social media have been playing more and more important roles in public communication. However, some issues have aroused accompanying the popularity of social media, for example, information overload and easy access to obscenity, but the most important issue about social media is the sacrifice of personal privacy. Everything you do on social media is public by default, and you have to change the personal settings to make it private. What is more serious, once information gets revealed to public, it will soon spread to the whole

Privacy advocates warn that many Websites try to collect personal information from online users, but few guarantees how that data will be used. They say the federal government should establish standards to protect privacy online. But Internet businesses and others contend that they can safeguard users ' privacy without resorting to government interference. Law-enforcement agencies, meanwhile, favor government limitations on the use of sophisticated encryption technology, which makes online communications secure - even from the police. They fear that strong encryption software will aid criminals in hiding their activities. But privacy advocates argue that encryption technology assures companies and consumers that their online communications are not being tampered with. . In one of the interview by By Biance Bosker, Mark Zuckerberg said “Facebook isn 't violating your privacy -- Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are.” The Internet has become not only a primary means of communication, but a place where millions of Americans store important personal data, from credit-card numbers and bank account information to family photos and histories of their online purchases. But that data does not have the same legal protection as data that Americans store in their homes. What 's more, powerful new technologies are creating unexpected challenges to privacy online. Advertisers, for example, can now track the Web sites you visit, and actions you take on those sites, to analyze how to more

Privacy advocates warn that many websites try to collect personal information from online users, but few guarantees how that data will be used. They say the federal government should establish standards to protect privacy online. But Internet businesses and others contend that they can safeguard users ' privacy without resorting to government interference. Law-enforcement agencies, meanwhile, favor government limitations on the use of sophisticated encryption technology, which makes online communications secure - even from the police. They fear that strong encryption software will help criminals in hiding their activities. But privacy advocates argue that encryption technology assures companies and consumers that their online communications are not being tampered with. . In one of the interview by By Biance Bosker, Mark Zuckerberg said “Facebook isn 't violating your privacy -- Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are.” The Internet has become not only a primary means of communication, but a place where millions of Americans store important personal data, from credit-card numbers and bank account information to family photos and histories of their online purchases. But that data does not have the same legal protection as data that Americans store in their homes. What 's more, powerful new technologies are creating unexpected challenges to privacy online. Advertisers, for example, can now track the Web sites you visit, and actions you take on those sites, to analyze how to more

By virtue of the expanding popularity of the social networking sites, such as FacebookTM, TwitterTM and MySpaceTM, Internet users contentedly disseminate their personal information whilst overlooking the threat of privacy disclosure. According to statistics presented by FacebookTM (2013), there are about 699 million daily active users as of June 2013, indicating about one tenth of the world population are using FacebookTM actively. Nevertheless, it is widely recognised that this expeditious growth of popularity of social networking would contribute to various privacy issues. Therefore in this essay, privacy issues of communicating and disclosing personal information through the social networking sites would be deliberated and feasible

"We collect the content and other information you provide when you use our Services, including when you sign up for an account, create or share, and message or communicate with others” (Hachman). Each day people live with a false security that they are protected and maintain a sense of privacy. Citizens misplace their trust in social media and technology, and divulge their personal information in ignorance of the repercussions that may arise. Users say the advances in technology and social media won’t affect the people’s privacy; however, it is proven that these advances can be a harbinger of both danger and discontent.

Technology has become increasingly globalized and is now a key utility that is both easily accessible and convenient in daily life. With the added perpetual use of the Internet, many people blindly trust their familiar devices and have little to no reluctance about exposing their personal information online. What many fail to recognize is that tech companies—such as Facebook and Google—track their online activity and are incessantly storing and selling their information. A user may also willingly offer their information to these companies when they ask for it under the guise of personalizing the user’s experience. Often times the user’s information is sold to feature advertisements that are tailored to them, however, the tracking and mass

Technology is currently changing our privacy in the digital age and the implications that has for our private information. The digitization of our life plays a major role in how much privacy we should expect. The digital era has brought new technology to collect, store, and analyze data all with the click of a button. This means that our data is not as private as it used to be when technology was not storing our data. Having something public means something completely different than it did 20 years ago. Today, all of our information is available publicly online and to a wider audience than ever before. With this exponential increase in technology, many have been looking This essay hopes to explore a multitude of different ways one privacy can be compromised, such as hacking of companies or web tracking. It will also examine ways to protect one’s privacy. Technological innovation bring with it new challenges and questions about privacy in a landscape dominated by increased software use around the globe.