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    Security Issues Dealing with Metadata Most companies and government agencies are collecting and storing massive amounts of information dealing with all aspects of everyday life. This information ranges from an individual’s movements, captured on a city’s traffic cams, to details of what someone purchased at the local grocery store. Most of the information is random and anonymous however, there may be large amounts of personally identifiable information (PII) such as email addresses, birth dates

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    The Data Breach at OPM The research paper will take an in-depth view of the current cyber threat and will explore the current efforts taken by the United States in combating the rapidly growing cyber threat. The research conducted will revolve around recent piece of legislation that are said to be the answer to combating cyber-crime. This paper will also look at past efforts and explore their failure and compare with the new piece of legislation to see if it will actually be effective. There

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    Charlene Vazquez Comm11 4-16-18 How online identities are influenced by online anonymity Social media is considered an interaction between groups or individuals that share common or new ideas amongst people worldwide. There is a significant impact of social networks on young people. Children are being manipulated by networking sites such as Facebook, accessing them through via cellphones that has become the most important thing in their lives. By this method this form of communicating is

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    We can save our information from taking .Saving your own personal information can help to increase the risk of identity theft. There are four ways to save your information from taking ;don't store your id or mail in any website especially your Social Security number; ask some questions before share your personal information; and protect suitable security on your computers and other electronic devices.Keeping Your Personal Information Secure Offline. Lock your financial documents and records

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    The National Security Agency has installed a software in about a hundred thousand computers all over the world that will allow them to hack and spy on personal computers without being connected to the internet. This software has been used since 2008 but violates the basic right of privacy because the software is secretly installed into the computers. The amount of information that the government will be able to access is very overwhelming and concerning to many American citizens. Most information

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    emotional stress. His profile is accessible to the public and that may cost him to lose relationships he might have with people, because people judge and John might end up being a victim of that issue. “The website’s users are worried not only about identity theft, but about the embarrassment of the release of close sexual preferences. Even registering for the site without having an actual affair could put marriages in thereat” (A. L .Myers Aug, 25 2015). Ashley Madison is responsible for any mental damages

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    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

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    Social media and technology play major roles today. For example, we use technology and social media to connect with one another and attain knowledge. While these advancements have helped improve our quality of life, there are a multitude of negative aspects that come alongside today’s technology. There are countless of victims who have had to go through issues dealing with privacy and securing personal data. These negative factors can cause personal harm, such as, the loss of personal information

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    Privacy is something that everybody should have it is something that you need in life. However your privacy could be jeapardized others might get a hold of your personal information. But theirs a lot of ways you could protect your information in private stuffs that you do not want others to see you could use the highest private company to keep them safe or you could do it your way the simple ways that best fits you. Believe it or not peoples privacy gets invaded everyday you could keep your self

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    From the advent of the Internet, there came with it the opportunity for any of its users to have access to any information they seeked right at their fingertips. With this access; entertainment, market opportunities, educational information, productivity, and global communication were able to grow and flourish, however with these gains seen came with it the weakening of the once secure national strength seen in nations. In the last two decades cyberspace has been defined as the 'fifth battleground’

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