Tinfoils Underwear Analysis
English 101-21
15th July 2013
Knowing How to Protect Ourselves from Privacy Problems There are many Americans that worry about the invasion of their privacy. An American’s privacy can be lost by- an IP address internet cookies, government surveillance cameras, and social networking sites. There are many ways Americans can control their privacy, but sometimes the invasion of privacy is out of their control. For example, computers save all of the American’s private information without their consent. James Fallows explained in his essay, “Tinfoil Underwear,” how much previously viewed information is stored inside a computer, or elsewhere like an IP address. It is mind blowing how much personal information is saved or transferred to another …show more content…
But there is a lot, as individuals, we can do to help with privacy. A majority of Americans have a Facebook account, in which they have complete control over privacy, except for the internet hackers. Facebook has tab that is specifically for privacy. We can choose who we want to see our Facebook posts or contact information.
William Deresiewicz explained in his essay, “Faux Friendship,” that the majority of Facebook members who have over five hundred friends, really have fake friends. If a person accepts a friend request from anyone, or even sends out a friend request to every acquaintance that he or she knows, then that person is inviting just about anyone to look up his or her life events. If a Facebook user is worried about privacy, he or she should limit their Facebook friends to people who they would trust with their home address.
The information social networking users put on their accounts is their choice. However, the government surveillance cameras, public Wi-Fi’s, and internet cookies are out of our control. We just have to choose the right time and place to send or receive private information. I hope there are improvements on making public Wi-Fi’s, and internet cookies
15th July 2013
Knowing How to Protect Ourselves from Privacy Problems There are many Americans that worry about the invasion of their privacy. An American’s privacy can be lost by- an IP address internet cookies, government surveillance cameras, and social networking sites. There are many ways Americans can control their privacy, but sometimes the invasion of privacy is out of their control. For example, computers save all of the American’s private information without their consent. James Fallows explained in his essay, “Tinfoil Underwear,” how much previously viewed information is stored inside a computer, or elsewhere like an IP address. It is mind blowing how much personal information is saved or transferred to another …show more content…
But there is a lot, as individuals, we can do to help with privacy. A majority of Americans have a Facebook account, in which they have complete control over privacy, except for the internet hackers. Facebook has tab that is specifically for privacy. We can choose who we want to see our Facebook posts or contact information.
William Deresiewicz explained in his essay, “Faux Friendship,” that the majority of Facebook members who have over five hundred friends, really have fake friends. If a person accepts a friend request from anyone, or even sends out a friend request to every acquaintance that he or she knows, then that person is inviting just about anyone to look up his or her life events. If a Facebook user is worried about privacy, he or she should limit their Facebook friends to people who they would trust with their home address.
The information social networking users put on their accounts is their choice. However, the government surveillance cameras, public Wi-Fi’s, and internet cookies are out of our control. We just have to choose the right time and place to send or receive private information. I hope there are improvements on making public Wi-Fi’s, and internet cookies