The Privacy Bargain
The privacy bargain refers to the deal users make with social networking sites, often sites request personal information such as names, location details in return for a free service.
Below Cory Doctorow gives an interesting talk about the privacy bargain and raises some good points.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xtsyH4i2Qk
Above is a very insightful video of Cory Doctorow talking about 'The Privacy Bargain'. He talks about how users often undermine their personal information. He quotes that "it’s hard to get worked up about things where the
failure and the deed are separated by a long way”. I will definitely be using this quote within my script as I feel it is a very interesting point to make.
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Pros + Cons of a Private Twitter Account
Below I have written up some pro's and con's of having a private Twitter account.
Pro's
Personally I choose to have my Twitter account open, this is because I also use my account to publish media work that I have created and I want the public to be able to see this. In reguards to personal tweets I am very careful as to what I tweet and what consequences my tweets could have as I am awear that the general public can view them.
Pro's
- You can monitor who follows you.
- You don't have to worry about what you tweet as you know exactly who will see the information you post.
- You are free from spam and harrassment.
- People cannot quote tweet you or re-tweet your tweets.
- It will be difficult to gain followers if you have a private account.
- If you tweet somebody who does not follow you they will not be able to see your tweet.
Personally I choose to have my Twitter account open, this is because I also use my account to publish media work that I have created and I want the public to be able to see this. In reguards to personal tweets I am very careful as to what I tweet and what consequences my tweets could have as I am awear that the general public can view them.
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
What teenagers think about Facebook's new privacy controls
Another article I found very interesting was 'What teenagers think about Facebook's new privacy controls' by The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/25/what-teenagers-think-about-facebooks-new-privacy-controls).
Within this article are a few statistics which I felt important to share.
"91% of the 12-to-17-year-olds it surveyed post photos of themselves,
91% are happy posting their real name,
60% their relationship status,
82% their birthday,
71% the town where they live and the school they attend,
53% their email address and
20% their mobile number."
These percentages suggest that teenagers aren't too concerned about posting information about themselves publicly on Facebook. Interviews with teenagers are also included in the article and the comments they make also point towards the fact that privacy is the least of their concern. It raises the questions as to whether it is right to put young people in charge of their information online?
Within this article are a few statistics which I felt important to share.
"91% of the 12-to-17-year-olds it surveyed post photos of themselves,
91% are happy posting their real name,
60% their relationship status,
82% their birthday,
71% the town where they live and the school they attend,
53% their email address and
20% their mobile number."
These percentages suggest that teenagers aren't too concerned about posting information about themselves publicly on Facebook. Interviews with teenagers are also included in the article and the comments they make also point towards the fact that privacy is the least of their concern. It raises the questions as to whether it is right to put young people in charge of their information online?
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Facebook Selling Personal Data
When trawling through online sources to try and find out Facebook's rules on privacy I came across an article by Dailymail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2212178/New-privacy-row-Facebook-begins-selling-access-users-boost-ailing-profits.html\) claiming that Facebook have been "Allowing companies to trawl through its 900m users looking for email addresses and phone numbers so it can better target adverts".
This means if a Facebook user recently went on holiday travel companies will be able to target adverts at this user. Tailoring adverts to the user. Sharing private information without the users consent is a clear breech of the Data Protection Act and certainly makes me think about what private information I will be sharing with Facebook in the future.
*Facebook claim that they have since updated their privacy settings and no longer allow third parties to access user information.*
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
What is Public and what is Private?
Another interesting article I found was on The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jun/09/twitter-privacy-melissa-stetten).
The first part of this article is about how model Melissa Stetten kept a running commentary on twitter about her flight when seated next to Actor Brian Presley. She posted a variety of tweets regarding the behaviour of Brain Presley and her last tweet simply said 'Did I just ruin Brain Preseley's life via Twitter?'. Presley simply commented "I guess in today's age you have to be careful who you say hello to' when he saw the tweets. The second part comments on the 'twitter war' between Ben and Kate Goldsmith, in which both parties took to Twitter to publicly slate the other. Everybody could see these tweets and a lot decided to join in, following the conversation and adding unnecessary comments, making the situation a lot worse.
A quote from the article which I found particularly interesting was "Social media do not simply provide a forum for blabbing, they redraw our ideas of what is and isn't our personal life." I agree with this quote and think that a lot of people divulge information on social networking sites which should just remain private to them, also a lot of people get involved with issues and comment on affairs which isn't anything to do with them just because they can and Twitter gives them that 'freedom of speech'.
The first part of this article is about how model Melissa Stetten kept a running commentary on twitter about her flight when seated next to Actor Brian Presley. She posted a variety of tweets regarding the behaviour of Brain Presley and her last tweet simply said 'Did I just ruin Brain Preseley's life via Twitter?'. Presley simply commented "I guess in today's age you have to be careful who you say hello to' when he saw the tweets. The second part comments on the 'twitter war' between Ben and Kate Goldsmith, in which both parties took to Twitter to publicly slate the other. Everybody could see these tweets and a lot decided to join in, following the conversation and adding unnecessary comments, making the situation a lot worse.
A quote from the article which I found particularly interesting was "Social media do not simply provide a forum for blabbing, they redraw our ideas of what is and isn't our personal life." I agree with this quote and think that a lot of people divulge information on social networking sites which should just remain private to them, also a lot of people get involved with issues and comment on affairs which isn't anything to do with them just because they can and Twitter gives them that 'freedom of speech'.
Also included in the article was interviews with 'experts' and what they advise when it comes to Twitter and Tweeting.
Friday, 1 November 2013
Is your doctor spying on your tweets?
Is your doctor spying on your tweets?
http://www.digitaltrends.com
I found this interesting article (http://www.nbcnews.com/health/your-doctor-spying-your-tweets-social-media-raises-medical-privacy-8C11427782) about a psychiatrist questioning whether she should be checking the sobriety claims of liver transplant candidates by looking on their Twitter and other social media sites. This article talks about how they turned down a young man for the liver transplant program because they found photographs of him on twitter bragging about drinking alcohol.
The article states that "you have to remember now that anyone in the doctor’s office or out in the community can look at your social media profile and rat you out." Anybody can access the information you publically post on social networking sites and as this article proves if you're not careful the information you post can have serious consequences.
However it is important to think about whether doctors should be going through their patients personal social networking profiles in the first place? what if another patient was just as bad but their profile was private instead?
http://www.digitaltrends.com
I found this interesting article (http://www.nbcnews.com/health/your-doctor-spying-your-tweets-social-media-raises-medical-privacy-8C11427782) about a psychiatrist questioning whether she should be checking the sobriety claims of liver transplant candidates by looking on their Twitter and other social media sites. This article talks about how they turned down a young man for the liver transplant program because they found photographs of him on twitter bragging about drinking alcohol.
The article states that "you have to remember now that anyone in the doctor’s office or out in the community can look at your social media profile and rat you out." Anybody can access the information you publically post on social networking sites and as this article proves if you're not careful the information you post can have serious consequences.
However it is important to think about whether doctors should be going through their patients personal social networking profiles in the first place? what if another patient was just as bad but their profile was private instead?
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