computer screen I would have called him crazy. For me outdoor life has always been much more interesting than staying at home. It took me just one night to realize how important the Internet is for me. That night I spent seven whole hours on-line‚ just entertaining myself. I now believe that the Internet is quite an effective means of entertainment because I can download pictures‚ songs and videos‚ chat and communicate with other people and also play network games. <br> <br>I was really amazed at how interesting
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Information Privacy in the Internet Age Wang Shanshan PRE-SESSIONAL COURSE July 2013 The Language Centre EFL Unit University of Glasgow 1. Introduction Advances in information technology enable the Internet now to be widely used as an effective and inexpensive tool to gather personal information. However‚ the collection and subsequent use of individuals’ information have inevitably triggered intense debate about information privacy and security. A survey on information privacy found that
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Privacy is a very important issue to Internet users. Fear of disclosure of personal information about an individual has prevented many from using the Internet. According to a 2000 U.S. News & World Report survey‚ 86% of Internet users fear that continued use of the Web threatens their privacy. Private information‚ in the wrong hands‚ can cause a great deal of harm to the individuals concerned. There are several issues related to the Internet and privacy that raise concerns for many users. The users
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Stronger Internet Privacy Laws Are Unnecessary The Internet‚ 2005 As you read‚ consider the following questions: 1. What company was sued because its Web site ’s advertisement placed cookies on the computers of people visiting the site? 2. In what European country was a privacy-protection law used to curtail free speech‚ according to Mishkin? The "right to privacy" has been around since the early part of the last century. It has evolved to apply—more or less—to a disparate array of social
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Privacy Issues With information systems‚ privacy deals with the collection and use or misuse of data More and more information on all of us is being collected‚ stored‚ used‚ and shared among organizations Who owns this information and knowledge? Privacy is a status wherein an individual can work on his/her information in seclusion‚ resulting in a selective revelation of one’s identity and information. Privacy can mean anonymity in case a person wants to remain unidentified. Privacy can also be
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Does The End Justify The Means? by Mortimer J. Adler‚ Ph.D. Does the end justify the means? Can it sometimes be right to use a bad means to achieve a good end? Don’t the conditions of human life require some shadiness and deceit to achieve security and success? First‚ let’s try to understand the sense in which the word "justifies" is used in the familiar statement that "the end justifies the means." After that we can consider the problem you raise about whether it is all right to employ
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Lesley Rawlins The end justifies the means The end justifies the means is an expression that is often used in society to validate or excuse distasteful and objectionable actions undertaken by its people. In effect‚ the phrase is a justification for dispensing with all morality and principle in the passage towards a successful conclusion. The Greek writer Sophocles wrote in Electra 409 BC “the end excuses any evil." This was a thought later considered‚ by the Roman poet Ovid‚ ‘the
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Invade My Privacy Pop-up ads invade my time and my life with nonsense and risks. They gather information that sends my personal data out into the vortex of the cyber world for anyone to access‚ with a few key strokes. Privacy on the internet seems to be non-existent with the developments of ad-based web sites‚ which use pop-ups‚ banner ads and video commercials‚ utilizing surveys and polls to gather census-like data to help fund these ads sites. I do not agree with being forced to provide personal
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the internet and do a search on their favorite search engine like Google or Yahoo. The results are can be correct or disappointing depending on what the user is searching for. Search engines and databases produce different types of results. After comparing the two I have discovered the following differences from the search results. EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier Database search results were very specific when search for “privacy and security on the Internet.” I was
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September 26‚ 2013 How Has The Internet Affected Your Privacy? After the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001 the government took a big step forward in trying to protect the American people. Today‚ 12 years later‚ the government continues to protect the American people online in ways that are questioned daily. The questions remain‚ does the government really need to be watching us online? What privacy do we have while using our computers? Imagine shopping at your favorite store‚ you
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