Revise Annotation 2: Why Privacy on Facebook matters?

        My first annotation took an opposite side from the Facebook founder’s talk. And I gave several examples from my resources such as the craving advertising system to support my argument. In my annotation 2, I will proof how Facebook may interfere our life and privacy.

You may think that one shouldn’t put information on Facebook if they do care about possibilities of lacking privacy. Some people hesitate the destructive power of this social website, and consider Facebook as a virtual world that does nothing with the reality. However, according to Acquisti (2003), you are actually exposed to the danger ever since you had a Facebook account. Strangers can reach your Facebook account by one single photo, and then collect personal information to figure out your life. They can even get your ID numbers through specific government websites!   

In this video, Alessandro Acquisti performed several interesting experiments. Two of them are worth discussing. The first one indicates how Facebook might leak our personal information even from the most negligible part. This experiment emphasizing the potential problem of Facebook－an indirect way to invade our privacy. The second experiment links your Facebook’s friends with the advertising companies. Acquisti suggests a new promoting way. The advertisements can mix two faces of your most intimate friends into one, creating and replacing the salesman face that you won’t recognize but familiar with. By doing so, you may have greater chances to pay for their products. Although it seems a little funny and ridiculous, one should admit that this kind of advertisement will catch you at the first sight, not to mention the higher possibility to pay for their products.

Acquisti throws out a very convincing point at the end of the speech, saying that “if somebody told you they don’t care about privacy, then consider that they are not allowed to care about their privacy.” So if you do think privacy matters, you are responsible for standing for your right. And do not undervalue the impact of leaking privacy. You might get into trouble if your personal data are used by people with bad intention.

In conclusion, we should ask Facebook to return to their very beginning purpose, that is to build a more open and transparent world in the future, in which “open and transparent” do not equal to being naked to the public. We have witnessed the transformation of Facebook in recent years, and now we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to their disrespect manners of invading privacy. Based on the mutual trust and business ethics, I propose that Facebook should take care of our privacy more carefully.

Source:

Acquisti, A. (2013, August). Alessandro Acquisti: Why Privacy Matters [Video file] [Video file]. Retrieved Oct 29, 2013, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_pqhMO3ZSY

 

Revise Annotation 1: Is privacy a social norm? Retorting upon the claim from Facebook founder

      As Johnson (2010) quoted Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, indicating that people nowadays tend to share themselves on the Internet, and privacy had to be evolved. Johnson (2010) argued that when Facebook decided to redefine the meaning of privacy, it changed the original goal of establishing a social network between the Ivy league, and also the function of building an “open” and “transparent” world.

Also, the author mentioned the launching of the “contentious advertising system”, which allowed advertisers to track Facebook users to search and collect potential buyers. Although this system made Facebook lose a large amount of money in its lawsuit, the business behind the system might bring more than people can imagine.

   Emphasizing that Facebook had revealed more and more functions for the public, it was not surprising to see some naïve users happened to do embarrassing things, only because they thought they launched information in private, which is actually reaching to the public.

Johnson (2010) claimed that the attitude of privacy in young people could be misunderstood. The sharing of young people doesn’t mean that they do care about strangers invading their private. Instead, they tend to share themselves on the Internet because they think they could have their own space without disturbance, especially when teenagers do not feel the secure of privacy in their rooms due to their parents. And Facebook offered this illusion. When they think that they create a private social circle and put everything on Facebook, they are actually exposing themselves to the craving advertising company.

The success of Facebook is established on users trust and reliance. When it starts to transform or even sell out user’s information to advertisement, only explaining that they are following world’s trend and breaking social norms, it cheats on the users and also betrays the original trust at first. Some online users even say that all we need is a new social network to embrace rather than exposing ourselves nakedly to others. 

Source:

Johnson, B. (2010). Privacy no longer a social norm, says Facebook founder. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy

Reflection

Reflection:

Group Education:

1.     Ivy and Zoe:

I think maybe you can find a link between culture and their teaching manners. For example, western students usually good at creativity and they often look down to students who only gets good great on test but lousy in doing other things. And then by comparing the difference, you can compare with different parentings to strength your idea.

2.      Cassie and 學長:

I think you are well-organized for this class, and have planned every topics and details of annotation before, which makes your topic profound in not only variety but depth. I think maybe in next presentation, you can use a chart to compare the old system and your idea on your slides. So others can catch your point quicker and easier. And I think your annotation 3 about NCU’s management department is great and practical.

3.     Perlin and Joanne:

I think you are the most interesting group that has a lot of things to develop. I remembered when I was in high school; wearing uniform is a proud thing for me. Because most of the parent link characters such as diligence and polite with our uniforms. We can even get discount in several shops due to the good impression of our school. And I suggest you to write more about inner feeling and metal factors of uniforms. Because I think people have contradictory feelings and thoughts toward it. And I also appreciate your idea to explore the Japanese culture of uniforms. It is definitely a great idea!

4.      Ruby and Emma:

Your annotation 1 talks about how the public think of abortion. And in annotation 2, you return to individual and discuss the possible harm that may even carry to the future. I think in your annotation 3, you can find some expert’s talk or paper to look into this issue in a more professional way. Also, I have a different view with the professor. I think Ruby’s idea of finding a student who took abortion before is good, because there is no stronger evidence than quoting a confession.

Group Communication Media

1.      Kevin and Alice:

Both of our annotation 1 started from the statement of the Facebook founder and then developed into two opposite statements. In our annotation 2, Kevin discussed people’s inner eager to know about others. And I wrote about how Facebook invaded our privacy. In our annotation 3, we both want to talk about how Facebook makes profit from its users. While Kevin will suggest this as a trend in future, I will oppose it as an illegal and abnormal way to earn money. Also, I plan to look for some professional paper, in order to discuss the connection between privacy and social media.

Transcription of Annotation 2

So…I want to ask that how many of you ever add strangers on your Facebook friends? If you do, please raise your hand. Do you add strangers as your Facebook friends? Yes, only one? Please raise your hand if you do… ever…ok. So the number, the second question is have you ever think about one day when you apple a job, your boss will take a look at your Facebook? If you do, please raise your hand. Take a look at your Facebook. Your boss. So now you may argue that, um, you can keep your personal data from strangers. But do you just raise your hand that you add strangers as your Facebook friends. So I suppose that Facebook should take responsibility for our privacy. My first annotation took an opposite side from the Facebook founder’s talk, the Zulburk. And he argues that privacy is now a social norms, and Facebook should follow the trend. To argue his statement, I gave several examples from my resources such as the craving advertising company. And… so now in my annotation 2, I will proof how Facebook may interfere our life and privacy.

You may think that one shouldn’t put information on Facebook if they do care about possibilities of lacking privacy.  But according to my resources in annotation 2, you are actually exposed to the danger ever since you had a Facebook account. Strangers can reach your Facebook account by one single photo nowadays, and they can collect personal information on your personal data. Then they can even reach your personal ID numbers through specific government website!  

So in my resources, the professor Alessandro performed several interesting experiment, the one I just mention from the…um, from one single photo to your Id numbers. And from this experiment, I am trying to say that Facebook might leak our personal information even from the most negligible part. It can invade our privacy through indirect way.

        The second experiment I want to say is link your Facebook friends with the advertising company. The speaker in this film suggests a new promoting way. The advertisement can make two friends of your Facebook friends into one. For example, um, If I am the friends of Kevin and Robert, and now the advertising company can mix two of their face into one. So they can create an advertisement for my own that they change the face of the saleman into this mix picture. So I can… so the faces are, I don’t recognize the face, but I will feel familiar to it, familiar with it. And it can… then you may have a greater chance to pay money for their product.

        So the last part of my resources, the professor throws out a very convincing point at the end of his speech, saying that “if somebody told you that they don’t care about privacy, then you should think that they are not allowed to care about their privacy.”  So if you do think privacy matters, you are responsible to stand for your right of it. Just like the first experiment I told you:  Do not undervalue the impact of a single photo. You might get into trouble if your personal data is used by people with bad intention.

        In conclusion, we should ask Facebook to return to their very beginning purpose, that is to build a more open and transparent world in future. But we should argue that open and transparent isn’t mean that you should be naked to public. So we have witnessed the transformation of Facebook in recent years, and now we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to their disrespect manners of invading privacy.  I suppose that base on the mutual trust and business ethics, I suppose that Facebook should take care of our personal privacy. Thank you.

Annotation 2 : Why Privacy on Facebook matters?

        My first annotation took an opposite stand from the Facebook founder’s talk. And I gave several examples from my resources such as the craving advertising system to support my argument. In my annotation 2, I will proof how Facebook may interfere our life and privacy.

You may think that one shouldn’t put information on Facebook if they do care about possibilities of lacking privacy. These people hesitated the destructive power of this social website, and considered it as a virtual world that do nothing with the reality. But according to the resources, you are actually exposed to the danger ever since you had a Facebook account. Strangers can reach your Facebook account by one single photo, and then collect personal information to figure out one’s life. They can even get your ID numbers through specific government website!   

In this film, Alessandro Acquisti performed several interesting experiments. And there are two of them worth discussing with our topic. The first one is mentioned above, which indicates how Facebook might leak our personal information even from the most negligible part. This experiment enlarges the potential problems of Facebook－an indirect way to invade our privacy. The second experiment links your Facebook’s friends with the advertising companies. Acquisti suggests a new promoting way. The advertisements can mix two faces of your most intimate friends into one, creating and replacing the salesman face that you won’t recognize but familiar with. By doing so, you may have greater chances to pay for their products. Although it seems a little funny and ridiculous, one should admit that this kind of advertisement will catch you at the first sight.

Acquisti throws out a very convincing point at the end of the speech, saying that “if somebody told you they don’t care about privacy, then consider that they are not allowed to care about their privacy.” So if you do think privacy matters, you are responsible to stand for your right of it. Do not undervalue the impact of a single photo. You might get into trouble if your personal data is used by people with bad intention.

In conclusion, we should ask Facebook to return to their very beginning purpose, that is to build a more open and transparent world in the future, in which “open and transparent” do not equal to being naked to the public. We have witnessed the transformation of Facebook in recent years, and now we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to their disrespect manners of invading privacy. Based on the mutual trust and business ethics, I suppose that Facebook should take care of our privacy more carefully.

 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_pqhMO3ZSY