Privacy in the digital age is challenged on many levels. Areas you may not even know are compromised. This assignment gives some examples where privacy has changed. Film260 - Flipbook Assignment

1. The Deception of Privacy
The Truth About a Plugged in Life
By Cynthia Beneteau
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2. Prior to the digital age photos were typically just
shared with a handful of people, like friends and
family. Now, people take more photos in 2
minutes than the entire amount of all the photos
that existed 150 years ago. [2]
The top three places photos are uploaded to are:
Snapchat: 8796 photos per second
What's App : 8102 photos per second
Facebook :4501 photos per second [3]
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3. Today’s youth think of privacy
differently than adults do. They
care more about controlling who
is tracking them digitally, who is
seeing what they post and what
people think when seeing them.
The online experience for young
people is a social one. If
something is posted they do not
like, they are more likely to worry
about hiding the content from
their friends or family, than to
worry about teachers or potential
employers seeing it. They care
more about their reputation than
the actual information they are
posting[4]
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4. Parents need to consider the
long term reach of the digital
information they are sharing
about their children. A “cute”
video of a child doing something
silly, can come back to haunt that
same child when they become a
teenager or adult.
Even innocent stories shared by
a parent may be a potential
source of embarrassment to a
child later on. Children, youth and
teens should be able to control
their digital identities. There is a
balance that can be reached, a
parent can share information, but
limit identifying characteristics so
that it protects their children,
but they can still share [6]
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5. 72% of Parents are worried about their children’s online interactions with strangers or predators
that could harm them. Two major concerns are sexting and cyberbullying. Kids can be horrible to
each other and some are even using the internet to create fake identities of other children. They then
pose as the child and fabricate information about them. Parents are more than willing to potentially
embarrass their child if it will help to keep them safe. [7]
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6. A Study done by “Young Canadians in
a Wired World” has indicated more
privacy education in schools and
homes is needed. According to the
study, students have limited
comprehension of password
sharing, privacy policies, policies
around data collection and geo-
location services
68% of Students incorrectly believe,
that a website will not share their
personal information if they have a
privacy policy [5]
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7. “ We make big trade-offs as we become digitally
connected everywhere and anytime” causing increased
concerns with security and privacy [1]
John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Authors of Interop. The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems
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8. Over a two week period, Carnegie Mellon University Computer
Scientist’s ,did a study which determined that quite a few popular
Android apps collect GPS coordinates within 50 metres of where the
user is. This happens about 6200 times, which is equivalent to about
every three minutes [8]
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9. The Carnegie Mellon study also uncovered that the Weather Channel app accesses location
information from it’s users every 10 minutes, or 2000 times in a two week period.[8]
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10. When users in the Carnegie study found out how much personal data apps were
collecting they tried to restrict the apps from collecting it. Researchers tried to help by
sending daily “privacy nudges” to participants letting them know how many times
apps were collecting their data [8]
Operating updates ,since the study was conducted ,have now removed the software
that researchers used to see requests for personal information and the ability to send
“privacy nudges “ has also been disabled [8]
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11. Facebook is able to know who your friends and acquaintances are
even if you lie about all of your personal information when signing
up [9]
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12. Facebook uses Network Science a complex
academic field, which uses mapping
algorithms, that takes information you provide
or give permission for them to access when
you sign up. It then uses it to determine the
structure of your social network. This data is
analyzed and allows them to accurately predict
people you are likely to know and even people
you will likely know in the future. [9]
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13. Samsung Smart TV
owners are susceptible
to spying. According to
“WikiLeaks” documents
a program named
“Weeping Angel” can
make Samsung’s Smart
TVs appear to be turned
off ,when they really are
not. This enables the TV
in essence, to work like a
bug and record
conversations in the
room. These are then
sent to a hidden CIA
server. Michael Hayden,
ex CIA director, thinks
this is a wonderful
capability because there
are “ bad people in the
world that have
Samsung TVs “ [ 10]
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14. Samsung’s Smart TV Privacy Policy States "Please be aware that if your spoken words include
personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and
transmitted to a third party."
A lot of Samsung TVs need users to actually click a microphone button before the voice
commands work, but on models such as PN60F8500 the microphone is always listening. [10]
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15. Web cams can introduce a number
of possible privacy breaches in our
homes, nurseries, on our laptops,
computers, tablets or anywhere we
have online cameras [11]
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16. The frightening idea of someone watching every movement your baby makes
is a very real possibility. The lack of the most basic security features are
making popular internet connected baby monitors vulnerable to hackers [11]
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17. Once a hacker has breached
one connected device, anything
connected to that Wi-Fi network
can potentially be accessed. [11]
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18. The use of cameras in public spaces is
becoming more common place. Cameras
are also now on buses, subways, in ATM
machines, and outside gas stations or
grocery stores. [12]
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19. Photo Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/5th-avenue-america-apple-store-architecture-279166
With the advent of
Google Street view it is
now possible to view
someone’s home,
business or even their
vehicle from the comfort
of your living room

20. The expectation of
privacy in the digital
age may no longer be
an option. Perhaps we
need to redefine what
privacy means and the
repercussions of this
new interpretation.
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