Examples of Violation of Privacy
by mathe | Saturday, February 11th, 2006 at 3:36 am | Life as I See it |
Examples of Violation of Privacy
In the ongoing reality-based artista test (Starstruck) over at the Kapuso Network, there was an episode of a very typical violation of privacy related to computing. Some of the contestants looked into the computer files of that particular TV program which contains classified information regarding the actual standing of the contestants and other “surprises” of the show. The following two weeks saw the actual “investigation” into the incident and thanks to surveillance cameras, the real perpetrators of the misconduct were identified.
But that is a simple case of invasion of privacy compared to other examples that are prevalent these days in the internet. In a recent news item I read, the search engine Google has added a feature in its latest version of Google Desktop which allows a user to search across multiple computers by storing copies of the user’s documents in the Google’s servers.
This means that once a person’s personal information is in the database, the information is online and can be accessed anytime. According to the news item, government can even subpoena these information from the search engine, rather than acquiring a search warrant to obtain same information from the person himself.
This can become very scary as one will be at the mercy of government, especially if that government is repressive. There should be a way to protect users from such invasive technology. Others might even be clueless that they gave these information awaywhich can be used against them later on!
For the actual news item, go to: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6038086.html
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