Discuss how the issues of privacy and confidentiality are related to new media.
As we continue to share more information with other online users, the presence of privacy issues and confidentiality lurks in the shadows of the Interment. Social media sites are used for online users to obtain or share content with friends and family members. But, we fail to understand that everything we post on those sites are being recorded or monitored and being stored onto their databases. Ready to be sold to third party advertising organization for marketing purposes. In the article, The Wild West of Privacy, by Joe Nocera, he explains that many companies are using the sort of practices to generate information from online users to help the marketing industry. Online users have no idea that these companies are engaging in this business practice without your consent. The biggest security threat is that if these social media sites have your personal information, cybercriminals can exploit their security network and steal your information. Huge data breaches can occur if their security infrastructure are not adequately secured to mitigate any security threats. It's important for strict policies to be in place to prevent and vulnerable threats from unauthorized individuals from accessing highly vital information. People should be informed about what these companies are doing with your information and demand to be notified at once. Furthermore, to continue to remain safe online, sites social media need to address their system infrastructure to prevent any leakage of sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands.
Hey Jeffrey, I strongly agree with your thoughts. People fail to realize that everything they do on the internet is being recorded and kept in numerous databases. Every time someone searches something online, tweets or even just sends someone a message they're leaving behind cyber footprints that are being collected and used for research without them even knowing it. Private companies, large corporations, as well as advertising firms including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter are all stockpiling immense amounts of information and using it to their advantage. A lot of people don't realize this and continue to unconsciously browse the web and share information that a lot of companies and individuals collect and use for future plans.
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