Internet Safety & Privacy

Internet Safety & Privacy

Are you really keeping it safe and private?

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Poll

Only the people who do something "bad" online need privacy.

• Yes

• No

• Mostly

Open Ended

Consider the following individuals and identify what kind of information they might need to keep private: Doctors; Lawyers; Entrepreneurs; Activists/Protesters.

Choose 1 or 2 of them and answer in keywords.

How would a lack of privacy prevent these individuals from performing important social functions or what kind of detrimental effects would this cause?

Doctors; Lawyers; Entrepreneurs; Activists/Protesters.

Types of privacy

• Personal

• Territorial

• Information

Poll

Which type of privacy are you willing to give up on if needed?

• Personal

• Territorial

• Information

The new principal wants to know you!

1: One day while you are standing in line in the cafeteria, he sparks conversation and asks about your friends and family, do you have siblings in the school, whether you walk or take the school bus etc. When you mention you have a sister and a new baby brother, he enthusiastically asks if you have any pictures.

2: You are among a select group of students that the principal has chosen for an interview. When you arrive for your interview, you are simply told to write down your home address, the first and last names of your friends and family members, and instructed to submit pictures of all your “associates” by the end of the week. 

Poll

Would you be more or less willing to provide the requested information in scenario 1 or scenario 2?

• 1

• 2

Poll

Would you feel differently, if instead of your school principal, it was a police officer asking you questions in scenario 2?

• Yes

• No

Poll

What if all this information was available to your friends on your Facebook page? Should the fact that you have shared this information with your Facebook friends mean that you no longer have a right to keep the same information private from your principal or the police?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Think of the positive effects of the government having limited access to anyone’s cell phone, emails, or computer.

Answer in keywords.

Open Ended

Think of the negative effects of the government having limited access to anyone’s cell phone, emails, or computer.

Answer in keywords.

FACEBOOK PRIVACY

In October, Facebook announced that it had nearly 1.2 billion monthly users. Seven hundred and fifty million people log into Facebook each and every day. Users can choose privacy settings that limit the amount of information that is disclosed to different Facebook users and the general public over the Internet. When Facebook users sign up for the service, they all agree to a contract saying that Facebook owns their data. Everything users do is tracked by Facebook, retained, and can be used for commercial purposes. Facebook stores private messages and chats sent over the site on its database, regardless of whether these private conversations have been deleted by Facebook users. In order to make money, Facebook sells the personal information of its users to other companies. Most of this information is sold in a general, aggregated, anonymous format. Recently, an executive at Facebook said the company is considering collecting data on cursor movements and “hovering.” Every time a user’s cursor “hovers” over a certain image or link, this information would be tracked. That way, Facebook could track your interest in a certain item – even if you don’t actually click the link. This information would then be sold to advertisers, to help them target customers more efficiently. 

Open Ended

Do you think it’s fair that Facebook sells your personal data and private messages to advertisers in exchange for allowing you to use the social media site? Are there any positive aspects of this situation?

Answer in keywords.

Open Ended

Do you think private companies should be allowed to act differently from government actors when collecting or sharing your personal information?

Answer in keywords.

Open Ended

There are reports that potential employers and even universities are looking at applicants’ Facebook pages to see whether they have posted inappropriate content. Does that seem fair to you? If you were hiring an employee, would you check out their Facebook page?

Answer in keywords.