2013年11月6日 星期三

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 Facebookan 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

6 則留言:

  1. i agree that fb should take care our privacy, too! i like your intonation, but it will be better if u can look at your note less often

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  2. Recently, I started to set some of my posts from PUBLIC to FRIENDS.
    It seemed that setting the posts PUBLIC would get more LIKEs which is delightful, but it was really dangerous if somebody stalk you, he can know where you go immediately.
    So I agreed with you.

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  3. There is no secret on the internet.Although Facebook have to protect user`s privacy, it doesn`t have to take the whole responsibility. The main reason why people like Facebook is because it satisfies people`s curiosity to other`s privacy. What`s important is that the users should seriously consider the question, and protect their personal informations.

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  4. I agree with you that Facebook should take care of our privacy. After all there should still be some privacy for us even on Facebook. I can see that you are well prepared for your presentation. You delivered a strong speech in a confident tone. I like how you provide various evidences from related sources, because it makes your point more persuasive. Also when you are presenting your topic you tend to use a lot of interaction with the audience, which is excellent because it shows that you are well prepared.

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  5. I'm agree with your attitude. Although Facebook is an open way to let others know you, it still needs privacy. Many people are stolen personal data because of FB. I think FB should strengthen the protection of privacy.

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  6. You have two clear point to support the argument. Like what you say, although Facebook is convenient, which makes you easily know what your friends are doing, we should think about the risks it may bring.

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