Com125 Assignment 5: My bizness my bizness...stay up out my bizness

What person doesn't want their own privacy? In the Untied States people tend to have a high amount of respect for people and their privacy. As you take a look at this map you can see which areas in the world are strict about privacy and which areas are not. Everybody wants to have their own privacy. People tend to want their own privacy when their at home, using the bathroom, at the store, or even on the computer. Nobody wants people snooping all around in their business. We often want things to be kept confidential. What does privacy actually mean? What privacy means to me is having your own personal space, ideas, and belongings kept confidential without anyone's intrusion. People in today's society need their own privacy. I can only imagine how superstars feel when the paparazzi is all up in their business taking pictures, asking their for autographs, askin them questions, and constantly following them.

Some people in America doesn't care if things about them are view by others. When you create a profile on facebook or myspace you are putting info about yourself out there for other public viewers. In the article, "Social Network Sites: Public, Private, or What?" by Danah Boyd, states how teens use these sites to access public life. Mainly people use these sites to socialize with friends and family. If people are putting out their personal conversations and information on the internet knowing other people can obtain that infotmation their displaying makes you really wonder if people even care about their privacy. In the article, "Privacy Lost: Does anybody care?" by Bob Sullivan. Bob tries to explain whether or not people care about their privacy knowing people can look at certain things about you over the internet. In Sullivan's article it states, "Only a tiny fraction of Americans – 7 percent, according to a recent survey by The Ponemon Institute – change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at toll booths to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements." (Sullivan, 2006) It seems like people care about their privacy based on what type of information about them is being giving out.

You may not know it but your privacy is not always secure over the internet. When your shopping online and such your personal privacy can be invaded. This is a big issue because people using the computer don't know when their privacy is being intruded upon. People often visit sites where message boxes will pop up to let you know that your visiting a unsecure website, but some websites don't inform you that your visiting a unsecured website or not. Your often at risk when your on the internet whether you know it or not. The thing is how can you stop people from getting into your personal space while your on the internet.

I definitely worry about my privacy online. I don't know who wouldn't worry about their privacy online. I think i only tend to think or worry about it when I'm purchasing an account online and I'm required to put all of my personal information down including my atm/debit/credit card number down. I often buy sneakers off the internet sometimes. I usually order them from like finish line, eastbay, or footlocker. When your placing an order you are required to put your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and bank account card number down. Even when your trying to fill out for loans online for school. When filling out a loan you have to put down even more of your personal information down such including your social security number down in which you don't want anyone to have a hold of.

Over the summer I was looking at the news and they were talking about these two people from my hometown Rochester, NY, were stealing superstars identity and buying cars and other things of value. The superstars who's identity were being stolen were Nia Long, Ashanti, and i can't remember the last celebrity. Somehow these people were able to obtain their social security number from the internet. The people acted as if they were them and were buying stuff under their name. How do you sell something to a person that does not look anything like those celebrities? The thing is why would those celebrities even be in Rochester to buy a car? Like it really doesn't even add up if you think about it. People were shocked that this situation was even able to happen. Thats why my mom always tells me i shouldn't always be buying stuff off the internet or filling out information about me because I don't anyone to be stealing my personal identity or information.