PRIVACY AND THE INTERNET - Mignon, Zobler, Thuret

Léa Mignon
Florine Zobler                     Privacy and the Internet.
Caroline Thuret
Group 5

How people get private information? For example with Facebook. It's really simple: type the name or look at a profile of a friend of yours who have the person that you search in his friends.

Since the explosion of the Internet bubble, our personal information are "more and more made" public. Indeed, to join a new website (networks, shopping), you need to fill in several information as your name, first name, address, date of birth...
But are our data really protected as terms and conditions specify ?
Does everybody can have access to your most personal data including undesirable people ?


According to you what do the screen eyes mean ?

Do you believe in the Internet’s privacy ?

   1. Social networks are the main sites where personal information privacy is an issue. People are not afraid in sharing more and more information about them or their life. 

Now, click on the next link then answer the questions.

How does Facebook changed its private policy ? (Look at the second paragraph called “How Facebook Changed”). 

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/privacy_facebook_and_the_future_of_the_internet.php

   2. Do you trust Facebook and its privacy policy ?

Did it have the right to change its policy ?

To find out the answer you have to check the part II Agreement.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208625477

   1. In this point, we will see that you can find everything about a person thanks to the Internet.

Make a new research on Google (choose English as the language of the results). Write “Do you really know who people are ?” Next, choose the second site.

Does this website seemed to be right ?

Enter the name of Peter (first name) Douglas (last name), select “all states”.

How many Peter Douglas are registered ?

What are their criminal offenses ?

Is it normal to find that kind of information about someone on the Internet ?

   2. Now, you’ll see that a lot of people are not afraid to share personal stories …etc.



http://brad.livejournal.com/ Then read the post of [Feb. 5th, 2010|10:31 am].

What is the event in Brad’s life ?

Click on the link that Brad posted.

What personal information about Brad can you find ? (clue: look at the map)

Now, have a look at the comments.

How do these people know Brad ? Are they real friends of his ?


TEST:

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   1. Privacy in the Internet:

   1. I don’t think about it.
   2. It became more and more serious.
   3. I really feel concern.


   2. On social networks, I usually:

   1. Post all my life.
   2. Choose what I want people to know about me.
   3. I don’t have social network account.


   3. When I sign up for a new website and it ask for personal information, how do you react?

   1. It doesn’t matter I really have to sign up.
   2. It’s not a problem, we all give information about ourselves.
   3. No way, I don’t want everyone to know my life.


   4. You have a kid and he/she would like to surf on the Internet:

         1. You let him/her do what he/she wants.
         2. You check everything he/she is doing on the Internet.
         3. You don’t want him/her to use the Internet.




Check How many A, B, or C you have.


Results

If you have a majority of A, it means that you are addicted to the Internet and you absolutely have to know every news. You are ready to give all necessary information about yourself to follow trends. And privacy on the Internet is not a matter for you.

If you have a majority of B, you like to surf on the Internet but you are conscious of problems that it can lead to. You enquire about websites before to sign up. You consider pros and cons. Thus, you are very careful.


If you got a majority of C, you are not concerned by this topic because you are kind of paranoiac and you prefer not to use the Internet because it makes you feel safe and think that you have everything under control.