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YooJin Jung

Facebook must satisfy Canada's privacy commissioner by Monday - 0 views

  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
  • o take the California-based company to Federal Court in Ottawa to try and get a court order requiring it to change its business practices to comply with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the country's private-sector privacy law.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-politics&government
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-politics&government
  • Facebook users must consent to share all their personal information, except their contact details.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
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  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
  • he social-networking website
Maliha Rahman

Facebook ignores paedophile reports (Network world) - 0 views

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    This website talks about the different complaints that came onto facebook right after the whole issue. there are also comments by the police officers, and how they think this issue has been sort of ignored by FB. Basically an overview of how this issue impacted the society and in what ways. 
Maliha Rahman

Facebook urged to add panic button (BBC news) - 2 views

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    This news item is about how facebook is being accused for not having a panic button to warn facebook about inappropriate behavior and potentially harmful ones. Talks about a teenager 17, Ashleigh Hall lured by a man and murdered by a false identity on Facebook. The man, Chapman, 33 was jailed for at least 35 years for the murder. "The teenager had been raped, suffocated and her body dumped in a field near Sedgefield, County Durham, after agreeing to meet Chapman."
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    This article discusses an issue in which a 17 year old girl was raped and then murdered due to the use of false identity. Due to this issue, facebook has been demanded to provide a "panic button" that would give information to users on how to handle issues like these or others like cyberbullying, hacking, viruses, distressing material and inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Shih-Chen Chiu

Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social& ethical issue -people and machines ITsystems in a social context -Applications -Integrated Systems Areas of impact -Business & employment -Scoence & the enviornment
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  • And technology that turns phones into credit cards and IDs poses several potential problems.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -security -authenticity -integrity -control
  • In the late 1990s and early 2000s, banks and cell phone makers started conducting trials with U.S. customers. Limited groups of people were given the ability to scan their phones to make payments, enter stadiums and access public transit.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact -business & employment
  • If phones replace wallets, would-be thieves will see every person walking down the street talking on his or her phone as a target for robbery, said Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -security
  • Eye scans and fingerprints would make phone IDs and payments more secure, Brown said. The ID technology might work like a corporate security badge, which pulls up personal information when scanned.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -reliability -security -integrity -privacy IT systems in a social context hardware integrated systems
Maliha Rahman

Users file privacy lawsuit against Facebook - 1 views

  • violating California privacy and online privacy laws by disseminating private information to third parties for commercial purposes.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      Social ethicial issues: Violating privacy through social networks
  • alleges the social-networking site
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      charging a site that is represented through the internet(communication system)
  • The five plaintiffs are described as two children younger than 13,
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      impact-Educational
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  • Facebook is no stranger to privacy controversy. In July, an investigation by Canada's privacy commissioner suggested Facebook is unconcerned with members' privacy and called on it to do more.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      Impact- political issues, filling lawsuit can also affect government
Shih-Chen Chiu

'Facebook Lite' gets public debut - 0 views

  • aimed at countries where broadband is limited.
  • Facebook Lite appears to be a cut-down version of Facebook and is aimed at countries where broadband is limited.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      IT systems in a social context-software & applications
  • "Facebook Lite is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to make comments, accept friend requests, write on people's walls, and look at photos and status updates," the statement continued.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues- globalization, equality of acces
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  • The site is currently on trial in India and it is thought there are plans to extend this to China and Russia.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact- business
  • In a statement Facebook said the new service would be a "faster, simpler version similar to the Facebook experience you get on a mobile phone".
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues people and machines
Chalana Perera

Xtra Ordinary Operating System for XO Laptop - OLPC News - 0 views

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    IT background of the issue
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    IT background of the issue
anonymous

SPAM - The Issues, Impact and Reducing SPAM (Part 1) - 0 views

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    This article describes the "spam" as a problem. Talks about issues created by spam, such as unwanted email, critical email messages missed, billions of dollars lost world wide, etc. Also talks about tracking down spam users.
Elvira Russ

Intellectual Property, Legal Issues (Wiki.media-culture) - 1 views

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    This web site discusses what Intellectual property is and why it is such a big issue when downloading music. It also includes the different parts of intellectual property and discusses the actual law.
Maliha Rahman

Rogue pharmacies still a problem for search engines | Health Tech - CNET News - 1 views

  • The study, conducted by LegitScript, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn, an Internet compliance company, found that 90 percent of the reviewed Internet pharmacy advertisements were from fake or illegal Internet pharmacies.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (IT systems: communication system): the idea that 90% of the pharmacies advertising online through the internet are fake and illegal , and is providing people with a unreliable communication system.
  • "We were able to purchase potentially addictive drugs without a prescription or any age verification via Bing.com ads," LegitScript President John Horton told CNET News. "We also received counterfeit medication. Microsoft profits from these illegal ads, which put Internet users at risk."
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      fake unreliable advertisements selling addictive drugs without a prescription and giving out incorrect information in order to get money. (can cause serious health issues and creating an unreliable communicating environment)
  • "the Internet has become a haven for drug seekers and abusers, particularly (regarding) controlled substances. It is a much more serious and dangerous phase of the Internet."
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      unreliable, illegal communication system
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  • Microsoft disputes LegitScript's claim that 90 percent of the sponsored Internet pharmacy ads on Bing are fake or illegal, adding that it is working to weed out the rogue advertisers that do slip through. The company uses an Internet pharmacy verification service called PharmacyChecker--a competitor of LegitScript--to ensure that its sponsored prescription drug advertisements are legitimate.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (social, integrity)getting fake internet pharmacy verification lacks intregity. in this case selling unprescribed drugs that can cause serious health issues heavy concequences
  • The authors took a closer look at 10 of the 69 online drugstores. None of the 10 required a valid prescription. Orders were placed with two of them. Of the two drugs received, both were tested and one was found to be counterfeit.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (Impact, Health) People all over the world are using unreliable sites and purchasing counterfeit drugs which is highly risky to one's health and can badly affect a person.
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    The NABP's own analysis of search results from Google and Yahoo turned up many drug ads from sketchy purveyors.
Shih-Chen Chiu

BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook changes privacy policy - 0 views

  • be more transparent about what data it collects and why.
    • Farah Alam
       
      social and ethical issues- privacy the user will be able to know why facebook wants certain information and not give it to them if they think its not justified and maintain their privacy.
  • privacy settings and make it clear to users that they can delete or deactivate an account
    • Farah Alam
       
      IT systems- communication systems are involved ( internet)
  • The country is the first to complete a full investigation of Facebook's privacy practices.
    • Farah Alam
       
      IMPACT- science. through their investigation they are able to find out more(and also create more jobs)
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  • There are around 950,000 developers in 180 countries who provide applications for the site.
  • social network
  • Facebook's Michael Richter said if a user chose to deactivate their account, the site would still store their information "even if it is for 10 years".
  • "Application developers have had virtually unrestricted access to Facebook users' personal information,"
    • Salman Rushdi
       
      Social and Ethical issue Impacting on privacy.-sharing information through an unclear privacy policy
Zaheen Ahmad

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Exploding' iPhones investigated - 0 views

  • iPhones and iPods heating up or bursting into flames in the US and the UK.
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      hardware issue - IT systems
  • The system issue alerts for multiple products every week, sometimes leading to mass product recalls, but often with no consequence.
    • Kavita van der Loop
       
      consumer safety system it systems
  • "I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen," he told AFP.
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  • It has been reported that the device's lithium ion batteries could be the source of the problem.
  • Apple, which has sold 26 million iPhones and 200 million iPods to date, said it was aware of the reports.
Maliha Rahman

loosing money through ebay - 0 views

  • But as these businesses have grown and gained popularity, security issues have also surfaced. Fears over identity theft, account theft, phishing (typically sending out fake e-mails that copy the appearance of trustworthy Web sites in order to dupe unsuspecting customers into giving out sensitive information) or buying faulty or broken products have always been a problem for eBay.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      Fake, old, broken and unworthy products are sold on this site, making it an unreliable source.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (SOCIAL, Security) People sell items for twice the price and can also steal money from the credit cards issued on this site, in other words theft of identity and account which highly insecure and can also violate privacy.
  • the online auction site eBay.com is the perfect place to find a treasure trove of hard-to-find products and collectibles.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      A communication system through which people purchase needed products and collectibles. (internet website)
  • One of a bidder's worst nightmares is spending lots of money on an item, only to receive the wrong product or nothing at all.
    • Maliha Rahman
       
      (Impact, Business) Ebay is mainly a site where people do their social/personal business, for example biding and buying clothes and shoes. This can be a great rip of because no one knows how good their purchasing item is. it causes a big loss in their own business
Eunice Vincent

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views

  • The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      IT systems in a social context-software & application
  • Sony said it would have its store converted to the format by the end of 2009. Most Sony Readers can already handle books in the ePub format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact-science and the environment
  • This may not mean the end of all locks on books readable on Sony's device as the ePub format has an option to implement copyright controls.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues-intellectual properties
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  • The common format would give Sony Reader owners much more choice about where they get their e-books from.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      Areas of impact business
  • "Consumers should not have to worry about which device works with which store," said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading business division, in a statement.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
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    Asia-Pacific\n
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    Asia-Pacific
Rafae Wathra

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile data show friend networks - 0 views

  • "It's invisible to the user but logs everything: communication, users' locations, people's proximity by doing continuous Bluetooth scans."
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This is a privacy issue (social) because these users don't know that so much information about them is being logged
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This is also an integrity issue because the companies supplying these products don't tell the users that there is a chip in their phones.
  • Friendships can be inferred with 95% accuracy from call records and the proximity of users, says a new report.
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This relates to communication systems because the phone companies are using communication systems in order to track the social activity of their users
  • but to carry on this "reality mining" in contexts ranging from the modelling of the spread of disease t
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      If gathering mobile data can help track the spread of disease, then its implications in improving the health of the target area (area of impact) have a lot of potential
Maliha Rahman

Response to adolescent "sexting" (ars technica) Criterion A - 2 views

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    This site has the article that i would be writing my portfolio about. Basically it talks about the different consequences and issues that arise due to sexting amongst teenagers.
iman mustafa

BBC NEWS | Technology | Engineer error knocks out Gmail - 0 views

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    Google issues an apology after an engineering miscalculation causes a "widespread" outage of its Gmail service.
YooJin Jung

BBC NEWS | Business | Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC - 0 views

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    criterion C; area of impact Murdoch's speech suggests negative impacts of the issue (why is is so bad to provide news for free?)
Elvira Russ

BBC NEWS | Business | Is Google really flouting copyright law? - 0 views

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    This article discusses mostly the copyright issue within the US and the UK and their deals with libraries. It gives an explanation of the scanning process and the problems with authors, different companies and libraries.
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