In this post, discuss how the issues of privacy and confidentiality are related to new media.
Let's face it- without new media, our lives would be definitely different. The fact of that matter is, these are our assets in this technologically advanced world, and allows us to become inherently more connected to the world. We get news and articles within an instant, able to see videos and images on the go, and capable of sending out important information to anyone who needs it. However, for every positive, there is a negative.
Privacy and confidentiality issues remain the biggest drawback to new media. Users get affected by some sort of privacy issue every day; users who are uneducated become victims more so. You would think that such a vast problem would have a solution- and it does. Antivirus software, firewall, phishing disablers, ad blockers, and many more help us roam the internet with relative ease. But, these annoyances and dangers are still out there, and hackers and thiefs find new ways to attack the general public every day. However, sometimes these issues may not be truly issues at all, and are aimed at help the general public. Wikileaks is a great example of this. Every now and then, the company releases confidential documents that shed light on horrible practices done by the government; in most cases these things are kept secret. Wikileaks changes that. Obviously, the government believes this is an act of terror- yet the general public believe that they have a right to know what the government is doing. At the end of the day, there will always be good and bad with new media. The power is brings is awesome, but the negatives can be frightening.
Let's face it- without new media, our lives would be definitely different. The fact of that matter is, these are our assets in this technologically advanced world, and allows us to become inherently more connected to the world. We get news and articles within an instant, able to see videos and images on the go, and capable of sending out important information to anyone who needs it. However, for every positive, there is a negative.
Privacy and confidentiality issues remain the biggest drawback to new media. Users get affected by some sort of privacy issue every day; users who are uneducated become victims more so. You would think that such a vast problem would have a solution- and it does. Antivirus software, firewall, phishing disablers, ad blockers, and many more help us roam the internet with relative ease. But, these annoyances and dangers are still out there, and hackers and thiefs find new ways to attack the general public every day. However, sometimes these issues may not be truly issues at all, and are aimed at help the general public. Wikileaks is a great example of this. Every now and then, the company releases confidential documents that shed light on horrible practices done by the government; in most cases these things are kept secret. Wikileaks changes that. Obviously, the government believes this is an act of terror- yet the general public believe that they have a right to know what the government is doing. At the end of the day, there will always be good and bad with new media. The power is brings is awesome, but the negatives can be frightening.
I agree that privacy and confidentiality issues are a huge set back on the growth of social media. A lot users are afraid to enter the real information when signing up for an account because there is a high risk of identify theft. Some social media sites tells you that your information are private, however, there are many hackers who still manage to have access to the information through computer programing. Thanks to antivirus applications it lessen the risks of users
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