I don't know if you will read 1984 for English A1, if you don't it is your loss.
In the first part of class we talked about MySpace, Facebook, Google et al and how they collect your data and what they do with it. Well there is a very good article at ABC News that covers just that thing. It even implies that the new Chrome browser might just be a tool for data collection.
Remember that in the digital world your data is immortal, and ownership of it is power, real power. These online companies are not giving their services away for free because they like you, they are doing it to get something of value from you, with or without your consent.
Read the article and think about all of the things you have searched for in the past, do you really want people at Google knowing about all of them and sharing this with others?
In the first part of class we talked about MySpace, Facebook, Google et al and how they collect your data and what they do with it. Well there is a very good article at ABC News that covers just that thing. It even implies that the new Chrome browser might just be a tool for data collection.
Remember that in the digital world your data is immortal, and ownership of it is power, real power. These online companies are not giving their services away for free because they like you, they are doing it to get something of value from you, with or without your consent.
Read the article and think about all of the things you have searched for in the past, do you really want people at Google knowing about all of them and sharing this with others?
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