Monthly Archives: March 2019

Comments on presentations done on March 5th, 2019

Presentation 1:John Smith

Good: Informative, well explained and spoken clearly, knows about the subject.

Do you think that it was really flaw problem or that Apple was aware of that “problem”?

Presentation 2:

Good: Informative, knows about the subject

Bad: Not well explained, too long, spoke too fast

Why do you think that the European law is not the same in United States?

Hasibul Chodurry

Good: Very Informative, well spoken, well informed about the subject

Bad: Not loud enough,

Do you think that the same surveillance problem will eventually happen to the US?

My comments on today’s Presentations

  1. Apple was slow to Act on Facetime Bug that allows Spying on iphones, by Joseph Smith

I found it concerning that Apple took so long to respond to a customer complaint of a security flaw.  The security and customer’s privacy should be a company’s top priority.

2. Google is fined $57 million under Europe Data Privacy Law by Felix

A question that the presentation raised is, ‘How does google use the data that they collect besides for targeted ads?’

3. Limiting your digital footprints in a surveillance state

I found it quite interesting but absurd and shameful that you can find yourself on a billboard because you’re guilty of a misdemeanor like jay walking .

My comments on Presentations

Presentation 1- The presentation should have more focused details about the facetime security problem and the texts in the presentation slides were hardly visible.

Presentation 2- The presentation contained way more comments from tech critics and less information on how Google collects the data and uses it to produce targeted ads.

Presentation 3- Good presentation with lots of important information.

Comments on Presentation 3/5/19

Felix

Yes, adds are becoming increasingly rapid on many social websites. One question that for this presentation is do you think google  would have respond differently if this happened in the U.S?

Hasibul

From my interpretation of the summary of this article, it seems like China has less privacy when it comes to privacy with technology. one question that i have as it retains to this article is do you think that a heavily surveillance state like china lack of privacy better than what we have in the U.S.

Joseph’s presentation

Thank you Joseph for the valuable information on this Face Time issue with iPhones.

Suggestion: Use a better background/text for future presentations.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thank you Felix for this interesting information.

Suggestion: Graphics will be very helpful for this topic to compare among companies and easily identify which company is more disloyal to costumers.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thank you Hasibul for bringing in this hot topic.

Great presentation overral!

 

 

Questions and comments for the presentations

1)Was the problem fully fixed by Apple with the update or are people still reporting issues?

2)It is scary how little we know or how little we care that a company like google is using target ads to get our information. We don’t even know how our information is being used.

3)Is the Chinese government this strict with all foreign visitors or is it just the journalists?

My comments

Presentation 1

Hi Joseph, I think your presentation on the Facetime vulnerability was great, It was very informative and practical especially since I am an IPhone user and the vulnerability affects me directly.

Thanks for educating me on the topic. I feel as though I must take IOS upgrades more         seriously now knowing about the seriousness of some of the security flaws.

Presentation 2

Hi Felix, I enjoyed listening to your presentation. It was something i can relate to since I, like many others, click “I agree” without reading the privacy contents. I always wondered how it is that after searching some websites for specific items then going to google or other webpages and see advertisements of the very things I looked at.

 

My Comment- 3/5/19

Apple Face time Bug presentation

When it comes to technology, security is a big issue. It’s like people know that these tech companies like google, Facebook, amazon exploiting people’s privacy for their own means. There have been multiple incidents where people noticed Facebook eavesdropping in on people conversation through their phone’s mic and using it for their means of purpose.  For example, showing you advertisements about the products you mentioned about in the conversation.

Google is Fined

It’s shocking how much they were charged for using targeted ads on their website. Whenever a user queries for anything there are websites right at the very top that paid google to appear on top of the page. They’re usually well known and well established websites, but it is shocking to see how much they pay google to appear at the top of the result page.

Hasibul

I think most superpower countries like Russia, China , America and India, journals are treated with the same concern. No major country want their sensitive information leaking out. They’re almost treated like spies. the government of the country tend to keep a close eye on outside tourists, and I think that seems like the right protocol.