Would it be too bold to make the claim that privacy doesn’t exist in today’s world? Are we entering a technological age similar to the totalitarianism presented in George Orwell’s 1984? In Siva Vaidhyanathan’s “Naked in ‘Nonopticon,’” we see how privacy in the information appears to obsolete. Everyday people are required to share personal [...]
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Privacy Online?
March 26, 2008Caution- Facebook
March 10, 2008“Facebook’s transformation [was] ‘an amazing achievement- one of the most significant milestones in the technology industry this decade’ ” –Marc Andreesen
Without a doubt, the concept of Facebook is genius. Think about it- a place on the World Wide Web where people can find old friends, re-establish connections, and create new and continue relationships. No [...]
Interests on the Internet
March 8, 2008“How Mark Zuckerberg Turned Facebook Into the Web’s Hottest Platform” by Vogelstein was an interesting article to me because I use Facebook. I think Zuckerberg’s decision to not sell Facebook to Yahoo was a wise move. At the time, it seemed like a foolish move to some but he never gave up and not only [...]
