In the ever changing technology world where
everything is becoming computerised, one has to raise the question, is our
information and personal details safe by using technology?
Two weeks ago Facebook announced that they have
modified there terms of use policy in response to privacy concerns from most of
the company’s 800 million active users worldwide. This was mainly done so that
it could give Facebook the ability to censor some of their content online
depending on their geographical location. This is one of many concerns users
have about how security their personal information is on Facebook and more
importantly if any of the pictures that is put upon Facebook that can be accessed
by other people.
However despite this supposed change for the better
terms in Facebook’s policy, it still doesn’t change the fact that the social
website has many unanswered problems like cyber-bulling, child pornography and
the more recent Trolls.
Another big fear that people and businesses have
especially is the gradual conversion to the cloud. In an article I read, it
talks about how even from the beginning there is privacy concerns with the
cloud especially in relation to Webmail and online documents (such as
Google Docs). It goes on to explain how other parties have the ability to
access any data stored on the cloud and use it without the knowledge or
permission of the company in question.
A similar case can be seen with the social app Path; the
purpose of the app is so that people could essentially “Keep a journal or path
of your life on the go”. However issues arose about how the address books of
the users were being stored onto their servers, this meant that anyone working
on the servers could easily gain access to the address books and locations of
the users. As you can imagine this cause great controversy and once more raised
the question about privacy.
If things like this are allowed to happen, is the route of
businesses storing everything through technology really the best way to go? Or are
the pen, paper and filing cabinet still the preferred choice.
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