2. “The crumbs of data we
leave behind as we flit from
link to link.” — Nicholas
Carr [1]
3. Around 40% of the world population has an
internet connection today (view all on a
page ). In 1995, it was less than 1%.The
number of internet users has increased
tenfold from 1999 to 2013.[7]
4. We don’t charge you to walk on our sidewalks.
Why would we charge you for broadband?”
— Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside[3]
5. do you know what hazard may be under
the screen that you are looking at ?
But…
6. Social Network &
Online Privacy
Approximately 2 billion internet users are using social
networks and these figures are still expected to grow as
mobile device usage and mobile social networks
increasingly gain traction. [2]
7. • 91% post a photo of themselves
• 71% post their school name
• 71% post the city or town where they live
• 53% post their email address
• 20% post their cell phone number[5]
For teens who are using
social network,
8. Moreover, Facebook may know even
more than you have ever thought…
What Facebook is trying to do is determine the
structure of the network, and then analyze it to predict
not only the people you’re most likely to know now, but
the people you’re most likely to know in the future. [6]
9. Users publishing detailed personal information
and information about their preferences and daily
life is a great opportunity for marketers, now,
knowing all peoples likings and disliking’s to better
target them with their marketing messages.[4]
10. Your phone always knows more
accurately than yourself where
are you before and later…
12. According to research, a dozen or so
popular Android apps collected device
location -GPS coordinates accurate to
within 50 meters-an average 6200 times.[8]
What are those geolocational information for…
13. And…
…when an app requests location, 73%
of the time it shares the information
with an advertising network.[8]
14. A new technology that enables store
mannequins to transmit information
about the clothes on display directly
to shoppers' smartphones[9]
15. • Price
• Links to purchase the items directly from the retailer’s website
• Where they can be found within the store
• More detailed photos and descriptions of the product
• Share with friends and access additional offers and rewards[9]
16. High-tech mannequins
launched to help
shoppers…
…or retailers at the
same time ?
shoppers’
personal details:
location,
age,
gender…[10]
However…
18. Mobile smart devices promise convenient,
ambient and nearly invisible assistive
technology.[10]
19. “There is a big difference between the internet of
things and other security issues.If my PC is hit by
a cyber-attack, it is a nuisance; if my car is
attacked, it could kill me.”
— Joshua Corman of I Am The Cavalry[12]
20. ’If you feel like someone is
watching you, you're right.
If you're worried about
this, you have plenty of
company. If you're not
doing anything about this
anxiety, you’re just like
almost everyone else.’
— Bob Sullivan, 2011[4]
21. Resources:
1. Carr, Nicholas. Module 1: Digital Literacies.
2. Most famous social network sites worldwide as of April 2017, ranked by number of active users
(in millions). Statista. Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-
ranked-by-number-of-users/
3. Woodside, Fredericton Mayor Brad. Module 1: Digital Literacies.
4. Piirsalu, Kadri-Liis. Privacy issues of Social Networks. wikidot. Retrieved from http://social-
networks-privacy.wikidot.com/
5. Madden, Mary.(2013) Teens, Social Media, and Privacy. Pew Research Centre. Retrieved from
http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/
6. "How Facebook knows who all your friends are, even better than you do." Washingtonpost.com,
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8. Dwoskin, E. (2015, Mar 24). WSJ.D technology: Apps track users -- once every 3 minutes. Wall
Street Journal Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy.queensu.ca/docview/1665403896?
accountid=6180
9. Curtis, Sophie. High-tech mannequins launched to help shoppers. The Telegraph. Retrieved
from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10724644/High-tech-mannequins-launched-to-help-
shoppers.html
10. Matrix, S.(2017) Module 3: Mobile Technologies. Lecture
11. "Home, hacked home; The internet of things." The Economist, 12 July 2014, p. 14(US).
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