Privacy online is becoming a lost ideal. And pretty much everyone who uses the internet is under a gloom of surveillance—one that constantly records and monetizes their data. It’s no secret that privacy loss occurs all the time on the internet. And in many cases, it goes unnoticed. Users have come to acquiesce to the…
The importance of privacy was brought back into the public eye last February when Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm from the UK, used the Facebook profiles of millions of users without their permission to attempt to sway the U.S presidential elections. It was estimated that 87 million people had their data compromised, although this…
Most people take their privacy very seriously but neglect their online privacy. Most people wouldn’t want a stranger snooping in their bedroom, yet so many people ignore their online privacy. When Google, Facebook, or any other large corporation collects our personal data, many of us don’t even bat an eyelash to it. We’ve fallen under…
We all know to be careful what you post online – but what about what you search? And what you text your friend? In the modern age, everything we thought we knew about privacy has changed. What is your stance on this issue?
Do you remember all the buzz when Google first unveiled Glass? When it was introduced 4 years ago, the tireless minority of technological dreamers among us were overcome with excitement— to them, wearable tech was way overdue. To the rest of us, the idea was met with a bit more hesitance but hey, even the iPhone felt unnecessary and a bit risqué…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwjxBmMszQ Snapchat announced yesterday the release of Snapcash, an addition to their popular app that will allow users to send monetary payments instantly to their friends through an app called Square Cash. Payments will be made by having users enter their banking information into the servers of Square Cash and sending the amount that users…
On Aug 6, Facebook mobile users were hit with a controversial update where the private messaging function of the Facebook app was disabled. Instead, users were forced to download the separate Facebook Messenger App if they wanted to message their Facebook friends on their phone. Facebook’s decision was met with backlash from consumers, accusing the…
What would it look like if all of Facebook’s 1.2 billion users were stuffed into one massive profile picture? Now, we have a chance to find out. Created by programmer Natalie Rojas, a website brings together all of Facebook’s users’ profile pictures into one collective mosaic. On the website, you can zoom in to the…
Ask.fm is a fairly new social media website (launched in 2010) and has made its way into the lives and browser history of people all around the world. I believe that the major demographic that uses this site are youth, for us kids are often genuinely interested in the lives of our peers, and we…
Hello, hello! If you’ve noticed on any website that contains your personal information, they have an “https://” at the beginning of the url. This means that the website is under a secure network. However, the wonderfully (and awfully) popular Facebook has changed their originally secure network into an open one. This is ultimately dangerous, as…
If you haven’t been a PC gamer that has lived under a rock for the past several years, then you surely know the company by the name of oh I don’t know: Activision Blizzard? Blizzard has been making phenomenal games since 1991, with their breakthrough hit being Warcraft: Orcs and Humans in 1994. Ever since,…