Privacy WI#2

Everyone has always wanted privacy. Privacy is as security blanket for a lot of people. Sometimes we think that just because we have our settings set as private, we think that no one can see our information, but in reality there are always ways that your info can get out there and others can see what we don’t want them to see. Even with my searches that I do on my own I could be searching about makeup on one computer and then search about books on another computer, but somehow they have linked me between the two searches even when they are total different computers. It advertises my search about other makeup artists and other tutorials that I should watch.

For those that post their whole life on social media I can see where privacy could be an issue for them. Posting every single detail of your life on there and then turning around and complaining that there is no privacy, everyone knows about their business, or why people are nosy. It doesn’t really help to their whole life is on the internet so that defeats the purpose of privacy. For the celebrities, it’s hard to have a private life because they have paparazzi following them wherever they go watching their every move.

Just like in this statistic the main sources of internet privacy worry is fraud. As of 2016, the threat to online privacy comes from a few different directions. On one hand, in the United States, online hackers are feared by some 96 percent of internet users. Disclosure of sensitive personal data such as credit card information or social security number, which can lead to stolen identities and financial damages, is the most common fear of internet users. A 2015 study shows that payment card fraud losses in the United States have been increasing recently. It estimated that by 2018, more than 9 billion U.S. dollars will be lost due to payment card fraud, 6.4 billion due to CNP (card not present) transactions, where the card is not physically available during the purchase transaction (as in the case of online or mobile purchases) and only 1.8 billion due to counterfeiting.




Even from personal experience working at a bank I witness this a lot. Especially in the elderly people, scammers scare the people and let them know that they will ask some questions for their protection. They don't know any better so they give them all the information, and that's how they get a hold of their information and accounts.