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The internet is a vital part of our lives, but what if I said it was a completely public one? Privacy is a rare commodity in today's world. As Nicholas Carr writes about in his essay “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty,” corporations pay close attention to citizens. The most frightening part is that this practice is perfectly legal. Even recently the government stripped more of our privacy away. In the beginning of April 2017, President Trump repealed regulations by the Federal Communications Commission that would have forced internet service providers to gain consent before selling data collected from their customers. However, corporations aren't the only ones capturing data from internet users. The government is also making use of these records.

The article called, The End of Privacy by Adam L. Penenberg, demonstrates the easy access an intruder can have to someone’s private information in today’s digital world with just a few taps on the keyboard, and a phone. Making your private information unprotected and defenseless. Penenberg also describes transition from mainframe computers to desktop PCs making private information vulnerable. He also reveals that marketers and busybodies have more customer data than ever. He also illustrates the advances of search methods that cyber criminals have up their sleeve, how the misrepresent themselves in order to puncture through the credit bureaus, and the Federal reserve database, spilling out all of your financial information, social security,

Internet: Lack of Credibility, bad news, has become a big problem for privacy and often used for criminal acts.

The internet represents a medium for both liberty and control. However, it can be used a a tool of control and dominance, increasing governmental power, enhancing government ability to monitor its citizens and potentially control individuals. the NSA uses supercomputers to hack even encrypted systems. This opens a wider door for hackers; it leaves us more vulnerable to being hacked by others, and not just the

The government has been monitoring and regulating an every day’s persons website history and what we buy and look at on the Internet. With the Internet growing rapidly and the amount of users on the Internet increasing, the easier it is for the government to find out peoples’ interests. Many people argue whether or not we should have vigorous rules and regulations when it comes to the Internet. One of the main concerns people have when it comes to their Internet is their privacy. There are many people who want to do harm using the tools that the Internet provides us with. The Internet should be regulated but not as harsh as some

As of right now, the amount of privacy is minimal, but many Americans do not realize how much of their information is being distributed. Smith writes: “1 in 2 Americans [are] clueless about webcam hacking” which just goes to show how uninformed Americans are about the dangers of the internet. The FBI has put in place measures that allow them to eavesdrop on US citizens. These backdoors used to eavesdrop on people are treating everyone as criminal and investigating people for a crime that has not been committed yet. “The conventional approach to crime is that one waits for a crime to take place before one tries to investigate it. If that approach is good enough for physical burglary or rape, it is difficult to see why it doesn’t hold for their virtual equivalents” (Ramsay). Many problems in cyber privacy are caused either by people being misinformed or uninformed. One area of misinformation is that encrypting emails keeps them private. Unfortunately this is untrue because the FBI can bypass the encryption to get to the emails. Government officials are using scare tactics to basically destroy internet privacy. They simply need to throw around the words terrorist, criminals, and pedophiles, and people will sooner or later think these acts are necessary. The amount of criminal activity actually on the Internet creates more confusion. Gilbert Ramsay

Since the internet was developing in 1960’s in California, The NSA (National Security Agency) already brought up plenty of issues that would threaten the U.S. since the internet can be used on any device or cellphone. In this case anyone can receive any important information you put on the internet since it’s a world wide web. Internet hackers can get through the privacy set ups and receive your bank information. Terrorist can locate our natural resources or be able to see worldwide events to bomb. The Mexican Drug Cartels can find personal information about your family or they can pin point your location. So many reasons the internet is unsafe. However, the government can prevent any of these from happening if we agree to cooperate with

At this instant, if one remains connected to the internet via smartphone, laptop, smart watch, or any other connected device, that being acts as a source of information for companies to use. People wonder how much spying the government and companies truly conduct in, and along came Edward Snowden in two-thousand-thirteen to expose how much is really tracked. Notably, Tom Geller, author of “In Privacy Law, It’s the U.S. vs. the World”, states, “His 2013 exposé of spying practices revealed the U.S. was secretly collecting protected European data, often via U.S. companies like Facebook” (Gellar 21). The whistleblowing act done by Edward Snowden has internet privacy becoming more of a political issue which is beneficial to the individuals who browse

We as citizens of the United States, have the freedom of speech, religion, and the press. Meaning we should be able to do whatever we want without being observed. It is understandable that there is internet security because who knows what kind of crazy people are out there in the world, just waiting behind their computer screens to monitor and use what they monitor to their advantage; in other words, I believe that if it is the government, and it has restrictions and regulations to follow, then monitoring should be okay, if it is confidential. However, if there are just hackers out there waiting to hack the accounts and pursue identity theft, then that is when internet security kicks in. It is by far too difficult for us to not live without internet security and privacy. There are way too many people out there who will take advantage of the system, and will do whatever they can to get what they want. For example, they will try to cheat their way and take the easy way out of every situation possible to achieve what they

In Bruce Schneier essay, he mentions how we don’t have any privacy and how we’re being watched all the time on the internet. But what can we do to change these issues? Schneier provide examples of ways that we can protect our privacy online. In spite of what the people want, Schneier admits that the people thoughts don’t matter to the government. Although surveillance spying isn’t going to stop there are many ways to minimize your use on the internet.

It is quite cheap and fairly easy to accumulate thorough information about people because of the advances in computer technology. This can prove to be beneficial for law enforcement looking to track down criminals; prevention of fraud within banks, and consumers becoming more educated about new products and services. However, this also creates opportunity for misuse of such information.

Technology presents a double edged sword; it has created a fight between individual privacy and social connectivity. As children, we are taught to guard our identity online, as to remain safe from predators. In spite of this, as many people become adults, they feel nonchalant about sharing their entire lives on social media sites. As people invest more of their real self into their online identity, they make it easier for the government to connect everything they do online. The NSA collects data through a kind of internet “dragnet” that covers as much area as possible in order to collect as much data as possible. The more data someone puts online, the more data the NSA collects about them. While many people are comfortable with their online profiles, this “dragnet” also collects information about their search history, their websites visited, and their private messages sent. With all of this data, the NSA can create a near complete profile of any citizen that uses the web. A problem with government monitoring is that the data they collect can be skewed. Government monitoring removes context of the data that is collected meaning something that may have been innocently said can be perceived as guilty when viewed from a different perspective. Unfortunately, it is not only our government that wants its citizens’ data. Hackers can cause leaks of information from NSA collection centers, exposing personal data to identity thieves and

The digital age has become our way of life,but for all this information there are consequences like our privacy. We are constantly being tracked and recorded on the internet. (Risen, P. 1) Tracking, however, is not the only thing we have to worry about. There are also hackers that get a hold of that private data a leak it to the world. For example,” in the year 2015, 505 data breaches have targeted businesses, government agencies, and other institutions, exposing more than 139 million records”. (Risen, P.) All of those people had their information spread just by using the internet for things we think and good and time savers like online shopping. Another example is “The 30 million users of AshleyMadison.com thought they had some privacy – until hackers last week exposed their names, addresses and credit card payments…”(Risen, P.) Both show how much of an invasion of our privacy the collection of our private data can be. Our privacy to what we do is not safe if not just recorded, but it also can be leaked to the whole

In this day and age the internet has become a big part of our lives. The internet is now a medium that connects millions of different people across the world in the matter of seconds. However, the vast sea of communication and information that comes along with the internet is not a safe place. More and more often we hear of a security breach within a major company or leaked information, from hackers. Many people are questioning whether or not the government should get involved and regulate the internet. However, people don’t realize that the government’s involvement might infringe on our constitutional rights by censorship of information, invading privacy and the possibility of suppressing our freedom of speech

Internet privacy is the security of a user’s personal data that is stored or published on the internet. The internet is an important part of every individual’s daily life. In today’s society, the internet is used by many different people for many reasons. It can be used for research, communication, and purchasing items. Without the internet, many things that are completed during the course of a day would be impossible or take time to complete. As people use the internet, everything is stored in a database that tracks and keeps any personal information that is entered by users. As users continue to use the internet to complete important tasks such as purchasing items and paying bills, their privacy and security become at risk. Although the internet can be seen to have a positive impact on society, it does have a negative impact. Since the internet can be accessed by anybody it can cause a lot of damage. Examples of internet risk include identity thieves, phasing, and scams. Due to things such as online shopping, banking and other e-commerce options, personal information is stored in the internet enabling many cybercrimes to occur. Cybercrimes are very similar to any regular crime; the crime just happens to take place on websites for criminals to hack and steal user’s information for their own personal benefit. Cybercriminals tend to attack users based on their emails, social media accounts, and web history because the most history about an individual is stored in those sites.