The ugly part of the internet is how we basically have no privacy when on the web. Sites like Facebook and google track your every move and record all of your information. The loss of privacy is a con of the internet and a lot of people don't know that their personal information is being collected. Everything you do seems to be traced by someone and I think it is a violation of privacy.
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/facebook-moves/
Facebook Invests in the Future of Wearables With Fitness App Acquisition.
This new app is a fitness app that records your workouts and will be put on social media. Although there are already apps like it this one was created by Facebook to collect data. The site focuses on collecting everyones data and has begun making Apps to track what people are doing besides when they are on Facebook.
This may seem like not a big deal but it is because of the personal information the App saves erodes privacy. It collects the data of what workouts you're doing and where you go. Its eroding privacy even more because people think they are just recording their workouts on an App for personal use but it also tracks where you go. Its scary to think that while using it someone can see where you are and what you are doing or how fast you are running. It is providing to the non private market and deceiving people, which should be a major privacy concern.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The Bad
The bad side of the internet is the easy access to illegal things that cannot be controlled by the government because you can be anonymous. The way Tor anonymizes you allows you and websites to purchase and sell illegal drugs, weapons, and much more. This creates a huge problem for crime and drug abuse because you don't even have to leave your home to obtain it you can just order it online. New ways are being created to make it easy for anyone to buy these things online and it could cause major issues as it progresses.
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/grams-search-engine-dark-web/
New 'Google' for the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy.
This new search engine opens up the dark web of the internet to purchase drugs, guns, counterfeit money and other illegal items. The engine opens up a new market because sites that were only capable of accessing before required you to know the exact URL, now making it easy to find them. In order to use it you have to use the Tor anonymizing browser so you cannot be known.
It represents the bad side of the internet because there is no good in being able to buy illegal items online. Although it might always be possible, new ways such as this search engine are making it easier and easier for people who aren't even computer smart to purchase them. It raises questions of how easier buying these things will get and if it will eventually be like amazon or ebay as new technology arrises everyday.
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/grams-search-engine-dark-web/
New 'Google' for the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy.
This new search engine opens up the dark web of the internet to purchase drugs, guns, counterfeit money and other illegal items. The engine opens up a new market because sites that were only capable of accessing before required you to know the exact URL, now making it easy to find them. In order to use it you have to use the Tor anonymizing browser so you cannot be known.
It represents the bad side of the internet because there is no good in being able to buy illegal items online. Although it might always be possible, new ways such as this search engine are making it easier and easier for people who aren't even computer smart to purchase them. It raises questions of how easier buying these things will get and if it will eventually be like amazon or ebay as new technology arrises everyday.
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