This article was very interesting to say the least. I never really thought about how much information a person freely gives away just through using the computer. When I read how easy it is for someone to track another person just by scanning through the websites they visit, it was a real eye opener. People get hacked all the time, and most people, like me, use computers more than any other form of technology (online banking, purchases, etc.). I never really thought about just how much privacy is being exposed by a few clicks on a keyboard.
It was also a bit disturbing to see how much privacy is taken away from employees in certain work places. For example, learning all about how badges work and what they are really used for was kind of eerie. It is true, in one sense or another, that these types of devices can actually benefit a lot of businesses; but it is also true that there a plenty of disadvantages to being able to see just about anything you want to see, whenever you want to see it. This reminds me of an article I just read about Facebook spammers setting up links that end up obtaining personal information from us without us even intending on or wanting to give it to them. It is so scary to see the value of privacy diminishing nowadays.
I was just as shocked as you were when reading this article. I had just done my new media article last week on how corporations lose more to electronic theft then they do by physical theft. What I found interesting about that article was although companies know they are at risk they are not willing to invest the money needed to protect themselves. The article from our reader made me thing of the same thing because we all know we are putting ourselves at risk by having so much information available electronically and yet we are not willing to stop because it is so much more convenient this way.
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