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Jaymee C

I'm in Your Google Docs, Reading Your Spreadsheets - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Jaymee C on 09 Jan 11 - Cached
  • There was a time when it would have taken a fair amount of criminal activity to get access to this much information about a company’s internal workings and Web site performance. Now an employee can accidentally drop it into the lap of a random outsider without even knowing that anything is amiss. That’s the power of cloud computing at work.
  • Sharing documents with your co-workers via Google Docs sure is convenient. It can also be hazardous. Make one little typo and your sensitive data could fall into the hands of… someone like me.
  • Jaymee C on 09 Jan 11
     
    This article is about a man who received spreadsheets and documents from a newspaper company that was not supposed to be sent to him but to an employee who had a similar name. The typo problem had caused a security issue to arise. The stakeholders include: the employee who sent the message, the man who received them and the company. The employee might have to be repremanded if the writer of the article were to use this information against them. In the same respect, the company would be in trouble if this information was very private and it we released to the general public. The fact is that the security of using googledocs is questionable if users are not careful.
Mohammad A

"1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web" - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...10privacy.html

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shared by Mohammad A on 11 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Mohammad A on 11 Jan 11
     
    This article is about privacy issues within the Internet. As web services have improved, aspects such as spreadsheets, e-mail services and photography applications, the topic of privacy has now been "removed". The internet has been the leading factor in many issues with privacy. One of the main examples mentioned is the site WikiLeaks, which is entirely based upon a hacker who exposes the truth about everything and anything. Julian Assange is one of the leading activists who promotes free speech within the world to expose privacy. The IT system involved within this scenario is basically the data transfer through networks and servers online. The people who are being affected by this issue are those who's personal information is leaked (in any way, whether through WikiLeaks due to a political scandal or through hackers obtaining their information). Thus certain security measures are to be taken to prevent unwelcome access to personal and private information. For example, encryption is now one of the most famous and useful methods of preventing hackers from entering databases and other online servers. An encryption key allows for the safe keeping of personal information.
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