Tag Archives: privacy

Search engine

When I have to search for information on whatever topic I would go straight to using Google. When I use Google I usually always find good and helpful information but for this research project i used Google Scholar as a … Continue reading

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Research Topic

Creating and catering a research topic from a list of what the class has discussed over the past few weeks is a daunting task and intimidating knowing that I will be stuck with what I pick for the rest of … Continue reading

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Research Journal Entry #1

For some reason, developing a research/essay proposal has always been difficult for me. From knowing what to say, how to say it, and making sure if it’s all relevant to my topic. Unfortunately, I’m still having some difficultly trying to … Continue reading

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Behind the Scenes: Search Engines

After reading Andrew Leibman’s article, How Search Engines Work, it’s interesting to see how much goes on for a search engine to work efficiently for it’s users. From the software to the manpower, there’s actually quite a lot that goes … Continue reading

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Privacy

Privacy is never a sure thing once you submit any type if information about yourself on the web. Basically of you look at it you are obligated to put information about yourself on the web because once you have entered … Continue reading

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging for Wednesday 2/29

Today we discussed some of the legal and social aspects of privacy as well as how our understanding and expectations of privacy change depending on the context. Here’s a question I did not get a chance to ask you all: … Continue reading

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Is Online Privacy Really Private?

We all know that online privacy has a large gray area of what’s usually seen and what’s not. And we all know too well that our online privacy isn’t really private because anyone with the right programs and technological skills … Continue reading

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Privacy

One thing that i learn about the web is that anything you do is never private. Privacy on web pages is just saying that they’ll hide info from others that visit the same website and can view your profile. But … Continue reading

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Online privacy friend or foe?

Generally we can be summed up as trusting individuals . We are easily swayed into believing the hype.  This is the case to be made in Patrick Marshall’s piece on ” Online Privacy”. He factually layers on the dangers associated … Continue reading

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Danah boyd, Facebook Privacy Trainwreck

No matter how many times any website has “Terms” to agree on, they never really go along with there own terms. Facebook has terms that says there is “privacy” involved, yet everyone knows everyone else secret. I like the way … Continue reading

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