New media has provided a great sense of mass communication for people all around the world; however, this does spark a major issue in today's society. That major issue is privacy and confidentiality. When a social media account is created, users are typically asked for private information regarding their personal biography, lifestyle and family and friends. In almost all of these new media, you are given the option of whether or not you want only your friends to see it, or you want the entire social media community to be able to see it. Over the years, many users are claiming that their privacy is not so "private" anymore considering that there are many loopholes for others to be able to learn about your private information. You can always use a friends account to view this person's private information and because of that, it defeats the purpose of a private account. Confidentiality is another issue considering that nothing is confidential. A private group on Facebook can easily be exposed based on a simple screenshot. New media is great and all; however, there are always people out there that is one step ahead of the creators in terms of breaking through privacies.
As someone who is constantly on the go and in a rush, there are times where I am forgetful and need specific files from my computer that I do not have at the moment. There is an application called "TeamViewer" that allows you to work on your home computer through another computer; however, only if the computer at home is turned on. This is useful and all, but for those like me who are constantly forgetful and nobody is at home to turn on the computer, I propose that there should be a new media application that allows you to use a third party computer viewer. This application would first download everything on your home computer an then upload it onto a online storage. This allows you to view your computer documents from wherever you are which makes it much more practical than just using TeamViewer. This technology could really benefit those who are constantly on the go and do not want to carry around a laptop and etc. The mobile and desktop access can provide extreme ease to
Hi Kevin, With every new technology comes with drawbacks and in this case, privacy is a major one. I think that we need to be more aware of what we put online due to all the scandals that have been happening particularly, Facebook, which you mentioned.
ReplyDelete"With great power comes great responsibility" is a quote that comes to mind. These big companies with huge amounts of data have to be held to a higher standard than most companies
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