Analysis Of Personal Privacy

Ever feel like you are being watched? How about having the feeling like some one is following you home from school? Well that is what it will be like if users do not have the privacy on the Internet they deserve. EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), a advocacy group that has been fighting the Clinton Administration for tougher online consumer protection laws, and other privacy protection agencies have formed to protect the rights and privileges of the Internet user. With the U.S. Government, EPIC has had to step in and help small companies and Internet users with their own privacy problems, hackers getting into their systems and ruining the networks, and crackers stealing and decrypting private

In “Privacy under Attack,” the authors discuss some potential ways of how our privacy could be in danger or stolen by companies or accessible by administration and corporations. According to the authors, some ways that our privacy could be in danger are first through video records and picture taken by traffic cameras and surveillance cameras for us. Second through illegal “wiretaps” by the government that could hear our conversations. Third, our privacy and personal data could be “monitored by corporations through the role of club cards, raffles, or refunds that outside companies’ collection of data about us can then be sold without noticing, given consumers the optional to search for the box on any frame to indicate they don’t want their personal

Millions of American citizens rely on Apple to protect their data. This data includes private conversations via emails and text messages, bank account information and location data. It is protected under a security system called encryption; encryption prevents criminals from accessing this important information. In the letter “A Message to Our Customers”,

Respect for the student decision to deny disclosure of private information. Any information provided by the students or parents should not be shared outside of the school setting unless mandated by law as well as being careful to not seek information from the parent or student that is not pertinent to the school setting.

Personal privacy is the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; and seclusion. The idea of personal privacy is now non-existent in today's society due to the improvement in surveillance technology and software, control of sex, love, and marriage, and thoughtcrime and thought police.

America today rivals George Orwell’s 1984 society through the National Security Agency’s global surveillance programs such as Prism, XKeyscore, and Dishfire. Surveillance programs, led by the NSA, are all used to clandestinely collect electronic data from all internet and phone users throughout the world. These programs came about after the Patriot Act of 2001. This act was put in place to help protect the American people from terrorist groups after the atrocities seen on 9/11. Originally drafted to protect the people, the Patriot Act was soon taken advantage of by the NSA. These programs should be heavily restricted because they disregard personal privacy, do not properly protect the information they are taking, and, lastly, are unconstitutional.

Jill Lepore the author of the article “The Prism: Privacy in the Age of Technology” examines the concept of privacy in a world that has changed significantly from the 1800s. Lepore asserts that an age of publicity was ushered into society due to the shift from a world shrouded in secrecy to one inundated with transparency. Regardless, there have always been cases where privacy has been violated.

In today’s society, the word “privacy” has become ubiquitous. When discussing whether government surveillance and data collection pose a threat to privacy, the most common retort against privacy advocates – by those in favor of databases, video surveillance, spyware, data mining and other modern surveillance measures – is this line: "If I’m not doing anything wrong, what would I have to hide?" The allowance of the government’s gathering and analysis of our personal information stems from an inadequate definition of what privacy is and the eternal value that privacy possesses. The adherents of the “nothing-to-hide” argument say that because the information will never be disclosed to the public, the “privacy interest is minimal, and the security interest in preventing terrorism is much more important.” 1 In an era where the patterns we leave behind will inevitably become the focus for whatever authority, the issue of privacy affects more than just individuals hiding a wrong. In this essay, I will explore the state of online privacy in wake of the government’s warrantless data collection. Respectively, the nothing-to-hide argument and its key variants in more depth.

C. Mitchell Shaw wrote an article called "Personal Privacy Up for Grabs." The article talks about privacy and liberty being closely related. The government wants to have unlimited access to all digital data or information in the country and this brings into question issues of what is reasonable. This discussion goes through topics, such as, surveillance, encryption, and corporations that provide the public with encrypted devices to protect their information. We want to share with anyone, but our private pictures, such as family pictures and those sweet text messages for our husbands and wives we want to keep to ourselves as cherished memories, and while most of us have nothing to hide from the government, we do

In his article, “What If Apple is Wrong,” technology journalist for MIT Brian Bergstein questions the decisions tech giant Apple made after refusing to give the FBI a backdoor into iPhones’ data. In April of this year, Apple refused the FBI’s request to open up the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook, who shot and killed 14 people in San Bernadino, California. Bergstein opens by relating the story of Devon Godfrey, who was shot in 2010. After using security camera footage to wrongly arrest the suspect on charge of murder, Godfrey’s iPhone revealed that the murderer was someone entirely different. Using this as a springboard for his line of questioning, Bergstein ponders whether the case would have been solved without access to victim’s iPhone.

Given the nature of the case, there are two primary options available in the situation: support the FBI to force Apple to create a “backdoor key” version of iOS to be installed on the phone in question or support Apple and the lack of a legal basis for requiring them to hack their own software. A third option that may occur despite the outcome of the legal case would be for US lawmakers to draft and sign laws that clearly define what powers over electronic devices the government has in investigations of any nature, be they for national security or criminal investigations. Whether or not a legal basis is set by law,

We have all experienced it. The tingles down your spine while your sixth sense picks up someone’s harsh eyes scanning you. You are being watched. As the little hairs stand up on your neck and the chill of judgment floods your body, you choke on the insecurity that comes over you. Some break out in a nervous sweat and drown themselves in doubt; others do not hesitate to send beams of criticism back. Many stare with innocent intentions while others purposely hope to provoke anxiety. However, if you did not know that someone’s cruel eyes were on you, would it be just as bothersome? Since 2000, internet security has been an issue that many feel is a violation of their privacy. This controversial topic has hit almost all newspapers with

Bank of America is a multinational banking institute and one of the most trusted in the banking industry. This organizations sole purpose is to protect the customer’s confidentiality and assets by ensuring that data protection is the number one priority; however any organization when holding personal information can be a victim of data breach and BoA is not exempt. One of the largest risks BoA faces today is Mobile Banking. This consumer convenience is used by fifty percent of smart phone owners (Finney, 2014). Phishing is also threat to the banking industry; this strategy by hackers allows the extraction of consumer passwords and other sensitive information. Hackers targeting banking institution employees with convincing e-mails that fool them into clicking on malicious links-which ultimately compromise their credentials or

Ashley Madison website (www.ashleymadison.com) was hacked on July 15, 2015 purportedly by a group called The Impact Team. This website was a commercial one for married people seeking extra marital affairs. Over 60 gigabyte of data was stolen and compromised from this attack. The compromised data includes critical business data of the parent company Avid Life Media as well as that of the also sister companies (Established Men) and customers’ personal data such as phone numbers, billing address, partial credit card information, names, email accounts, passwords and sexual orientations. This breach affected over 37 million customers spanned around 46 countries. The management of Avid Life media was informed about the hack of their IT infrastructure

It’s when two generation cannot understand differences of outlook or style between people of different generations.