How does computer technology threaten the privacy of our data? It is done through:
a. Cookies
o are used to identify users by web casting, e-commerce and other web applications.
o contain user information and are saved in the computer hard disk.
o are used by some websites to store passwords and track how regularly we visit a website, thats how we become potential targets for web advertisers.
o enable web sites to collect information about your online activities and store them for future use, then the collected details will be sold to any company that requests for it.
b. Electronic profile
o electronic profile is the combining of data in a database that can be sold to the Internet by the company to the interested parties.
o this database is in a form such as magazine subscription or product warranty cards that had been filled by online subscribers.
o the information in electronic profile includes personal details such as your age, address and marital status.
c. Spyware
o refers to a program that collects user information without users knowledge.
o can enter computers, sneaking in like a virus.
o is a result of installing new programs.
o Communicates information it collects to some outside source while we are online.
2. Computer technology threatens our privacy through electronic profiling. For example, when we fill out a form such as a magazine subscription, purchasing products or contest entry form on the Internet, this data is kept in the database. It will include age, address, marital status and other personal details.
3. Every time you click on an advertisement or register a software product online, your information is entered into a database.
4. Computer technology can also threaten privacy through spam. Spam is unsolicited e-mail messages, advertisements or newsgroup postings sent to many recipients at once.
Moraa orina answered the question on April 28, 2018 at 17:45
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