Privacy and the Internet
In today's world people seem to think that privacyitself is automatically given to them. They think that everything from credit card numbers, purchases and social security numbers, to conversations held between people via the Internet are confidential. If that were the case things would be wonderful. Unfortunately, it is not how it is in our world. With technology that exists today, it is easier and easier for people with the knowledge of this technology to take advantage of people, sometimes without them being aware that it is happening. Robert Gelman states that the question of "why do hackers go to great lengths to ply their skills often at great risk and with no monetary objective?" is most often answered by "because they can" (Gelman and McCandlish 141)." Even though there are laws that try to protect the individual from these things, there needs to be more legal attention to many areas to help with this and the many problems such as their email addresses being obtained, email being read by someone else, and their personal The question, "What is privacy?", is a question that is hard to answer. Many people have many different answers to this question and a lot of their answers are based
million addresses to marketers interested in sending (Bertron 13). Rose states that "An Internet user's home or more means of identification not legally issued for use employer's network, that employer has the right to access implies very strict access control, devotes enormous common place for a person to use the Internet is from their this statement would stop another person, most commonly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ information then why wouldn't you just use the telephone that there are some businesses that are somewhat against a solicitations via the Internet. From an article by sales of e-mail addresses in numbers of sometimes one alternative to first-class mail on the Internet. Said by Hellwege, Jean. "Privacy on the Internet" Trial, June 1997
Some common words found in the essay are:
Gelman McCandlish, Goldman People, United Code, Yang Robert, Kahin Nesson, Goldman Privacy, Megan Bertron, , Michael Froomkin, Rose Internet, gelman mccandlish, personal information, bertron 13, via internet, credit card, web site, kahin nesson 130, kahin nesson, visit web, visit web site, legal attention, service provider,
Approximate Word count = 1514
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
|