Chapter 2: Video Connections 2

Name:  Brittany Murphy                                                                               Class: 11am

1.       Two critical questions:

Given what Postman said about technology being ecological and the information on NPR about the data and information repercussions in regards to purchasing a plane ticket, imagine how the gathering of people’s personal information can hurt the individual in the future.

2.       

How does what you watched and listened to relate to Postman?

As Postman said, there are positive and negatives to every technological change. As per data tracking and sharing, one advancement is that there are better advertisements for the consumers, often times attaching a discount to something they were already interested in. A negatives would be the chance that your personal information could be accessed by someone that you wouldn’t want to be able to touch it, such as a divorce attorney or a possible employer.

3.       How can you connect what you’ve watched and read to something other than computers and technology?

Even before technology when a person visited a location the employee would likely look at the person entering and create a sales pitch for them, for example, if walking into a clothing store

that you visit often, the employee would likely have an idea of what to sell you

4.       Construct one True/False question regarding what you’ve watched and read.

it true that your information is bought and sold to private companies?

5.       

Create one multiple choice question regarding what you’ve watched and read.

Pick the one thing out of the following that could not happen to your personal data?

A.      Police or divorce attorneys could issue a subpoena and gain access to it

B.      It is tracked by thousands of companies

C.      Your location is logged by cell towers

D.      All of the above are possible

6.       Summarize what you’ve watched/listened. Summarize what the problem is with the audio and video to and give a solution to the problem.

Technology has allowed for easier tracking of people and this data has become sought after by private companies. Your data trail collected and then sold to companies and primarily used to market to you, but there are concerns that your information could fall into the wrong hands. As Baase stated, there have been instances where for example the government issued a subpoena for all of Google’s search queries in a two month period or divorce attorneys viewing dating profile history for their clients spouse. This is clearly an infringement on the expected privacy of the internet, and although the information is generally used for a arguably good cause of marketing efforts, there are inherent risks of who will be able to view your information. One solution would be stronger precedent set in the court forbidding for anyone to be able to get access to your information, as you have a right to privacy in the United States. Another solution that is more trustworthy is to use the inherent and other technology with caution and with the understanding that what you are doing may not be private.