Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Smart Dust

From reading this article, I could tell that there would be a problem with these new devices. First off, privacy is very important and almost sacred. If one were monitored all their life, they would feel less free or stalked if it were in the wrong hands. But one thing that came out of this is that it mentioned that it would help save the enviorment by checking out what climate changes are occuring in our world. If everyone had a choice between their privacy and helping the world become a better place, then I would say that I would be stuck in the middle!

Todays Class period: Privacy Policy

Well today in class we talked about privacy. We learned from several witness and victim accounts that putting out certain information can be dangerous. For example, someone posts their address and phone number online, that means millions of people around the world will know where that one particular person is, and take advantage of the situation. This may cause stalkers and creepers and internet thieves to take your money and stalk you. This is a very dangerous thing to do. Though I personally think that giving out your real name and age will not affect anyone because there are millions of people around the world who are named something and are the same age at the same time and would make it hard for someone to track that certain person down. But any other info, to me, should be off limits online.