Even with all the advancements in technology, there will always be pitfalls that come with the territory. The advancements in networking and communication has help us all consolidate our time and provides accessibility to things not so accessible in the past. Making our lives so accessible does has its ups and downs.
Privacy is a major issue. We battle it in legislation, in business affairs, and in our personal lives. It is important to become aware just how far our privacy protects us. Networking has benefited us in many ways, but in the form of emails and communications it is beginning to infringe human rights. Advertisement companies and network administrators have developed was to gather personal information for advancement in there revenues. This should be stopped. One way this could be resolved is to allow registration to their services without having to input personal information; making it the choice of the consumer (user) to allow access into their personal lives.
Only problem is the internet is a lawless place, and to enact such a law onto the web would just start a ball rolling for control over the entirety of the internet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about allowing the user to choose whether or not they input personal info into a website. I am sure this will save a lot of heart ache for people. It can be quite scary to go a website for the first time and find that they already posses some information on you. Ever try going on Google and typing in your name? You might be surprised as to what you might find on yourself. I will say though, that the government should not enact laws for the internet. The internet should never be controlled but it does not hurt to enact certain legal rights for the user.
ReplyDeleteI think people should be cautious of what they say or do on the internet, people may copy what you say and post it up for everyone else to see.
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