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Katherine Grooms 4/7

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We benefit from being able to share and acquire so much personal information, but there are also very complex tradeoffs that we act in while we give away our privacy.

Personal information can become sensitive information quickly.

Facial recognition software on social media is causing a build of a facial database that in the future might be pushed to the extreme.

We currently use transparency as one of the mechanisms of protecting ourselves from the abuse of personal information.

Privacy in a way is “both means and the price to pay for freedom”.

2. I feel that I adapt a certain level of transparency in my social media habits. I relate to this talk especially when he speaks about privacy being the price and the means to pay for freedom. We need a certain aspect of privacy in our lives but that transparency can also save us from our information being mishandled.

3. I believe my idea of privacy will definitely be shifting in the next five years. I will be living a more professional life than I do now and will need to be much more aware of what information I release and how I release it. Especially, for example with job and internship searching coming up. Companies are using social profiles more than ever before and after interviewing you to gain more insight on how you display yourself in the social media world.

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Tiffany Bey 4/7/17

Summarize the talk in 5 points

- We do reveal so much more information about ourselves online.

- We conjecture that the result of this combination of technologies will be a radical change in our very notions of privacy and anonymity.

-Nothing is “private” when you’re online/via the web.

-Privacy is not about having something negative to hide.

-The awareness of what is going on, and in your hands, just a few clicks away (privacy).

Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk?

I can relate to the talk because everything that Alessandro explained, i either experienced it or I know someone that has. “Do you see the subject? Well, the computer did, and in fact did so for one out of three subjects”, every time I search something on Google, I’ll see an ad on Facebook of the same thing I was searching for on Google. So I definitely agree that no matter how private you think the internet is, it really isn’t that private at all.

How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples.

I honestly think I’ll be more and more aware of what I’m posting online and what I’m searching within the next 5 years. For example, when I’m on Facebook, I noticed that I’m not as private as I probably should, and it makes me question who has access to my information and etc. I think there will be more instances of where I’m constantly monitoring my social media sites.

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Perry Yert

Summarize the TED talk in five bullet points

The information we disclose on the internet has far more value then just a digital footprint.

 Since computers can use facial recognition software and make logical conclusions as easy as ever, any personal information can become sensitive information.

 The best way to escape this lack of privacy online is to be aware of all the personal information being collected on you and making the necessary changes.

 Organizations and marketers collect information from you that they can infer your future actions.

 Privacy is both the means and the price you pay for freedom.

 Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk?

Social media is so relevant in today’s society. It is absolutely essential in the workplace. We reveal personal information online more often than we think, especially when we sign up for subscriptions to Netflix or Spotify, or save our card information on a clothing website for our next purchase. We often forget that once it is out there, it is in the database forever. This is how I personally connect to the TED talk. It is important to be reminded of how valuable and limited our privacy is, because I often forget. We always have to be aware of the information we are revealing and recognize that it is not our anymore, but for anyone to be able to access.

How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples.

In the next 5 years, there will be a more defined ways that organizations and online information can be stored and kept private. Hopefully, more concrete solutions will be implemented. This is something I believe strongly in especially recently, due to everything going on with Syria and ISIS. It is important for us to be able to control and monitor certain levels of activity. The Internet has just started to become essential in the past few years, so I can only hope and imagine that it will become more advanced and secure for personal safety.

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Adam Little

Watch the video. Remember, it has an interactive transcript. Summarize the talk in 5 bullet points. Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk? How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples.

1) - We are putting more information about ourselves online than ever before. 

    - Technology has reached new heights when it comes to facial recognition through the use of super computers

    -Our privacy has been breached due to advertisement purposes and gathering our metadata.

   - In the past 20 years, researchers have created technologies to allow us to anonomyze ourselves online; protecting us from the FBI and even the NSA.

  - Privacy is both the means and the price we pay for freedom. We get free content, and in return we give away our information. 

2)  At this point i see myself as an information giving volunteer. I had a desire to put my business out there when i was first introduced to Facebook back in 2010. But the desire to produce content for my friends and followers has quickly diminished. In my eyes, the stuff i did in the past on social media seems like it’s lost forever, but according to the internet of things, everything i’ve done has been compromised. All the photos, messages, and other information i put online have and will be online forever. It’s safe to say that part of my life belongs to the virtual world. 

3)  I'm definitely more sensitive to what I like, share, and produce for all of the social media platforms I use. But since i plan to engage in social change through the media, creating controversial content is important. I need to catch the attention of multiple audiences, and the only way to do so is to continuously inform myself on social issues, as well as stay up to date with technology trends and social trends (social media trends). Staying connected to the people is really important because if i can’t catch the attention of a wide variety of audiences, my connections will never grow or expand. I would never be able to expand my platform for social change. Staying relevant but controversial (in doses) is key in for my future affairs. For example, one way i plan to be controversial is through film making. Visual media is so important in terms of social awareness because storytelling mixed with creative film techniques can create a powerful message. We are always consuming, so why not create content that will empower us rather than just entertain?

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Amber Ullman - 4/7 - TED Talk

Summarize     the talk in 5 bullet points.

· Nothing you put on the internet is private

· Advancement in technology and social media can combine to create something dangerous (SSN via facial recognition

·Advertisements are already very personalized based on your searches, but how far is too much?

·Google searching job applicants can lead to discrimination because of information found on social media for equally skilled candidates. Ex. If a woman has a young child, she is less likely to be hired

· We can have the benefits of big data while protecting privacy, but I think it will take a lot of work to implement that ideology

      2. Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk?

Since social media started taking off, teachers, parents, and any adult have warned of the permanency of the things we post on the internet. I’ve always been very careful about what I put out there about myself because I’ve always known that it’s risky to post about controversial topics and reveal too much of yourself online. When an online job application requires my SSN, the job is no longer worth my time. After my dad has his identity stolen a few years back, I don’t take the chance anymore. Social security numbers are a scary thing and can ruin your life if someone finds the right information about you.

      3. How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples.

I think I will continue to really monitor and filter what I post on the internet. I think privacy will always be an issue due to the lack of laws and the speed that technology is developing. The law can never seem to keep up with all of the new technologies and that’s when things can get dangerous. That’s when someone can access this facial recognition software and use it to steal identities. I think the next five years will bring new forms of social media and technology, I just hope the internet remains a place where people can feel comfortable posting photos of themselves without the fear of identity theft as a result.

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Jake Falke- 4/7/17

1.) As the amount of personal info that getting published on the Internet increases so does the computing ability to analyze and match the information.

Since computers can make logical conclusions easier than ever, any personal information can become sensitive information.

The availability of personal information online creates more biases than it gets rid of.

Organizations gather so much information about people that they can infer their future actions.

The best way to escape the lack of privacy online is to be aware of all your personal information being collected and making necessary changes.                                                                                                       2.)  As someone that does not use social media as much as the average person, I feel like I am not as much at risk. But that does not mean that it cannot happen. Companies collect data on who visit what sites and when and then sell that big data for profit to advertising agencies. So it can happen to anyone.

3.) I feel like in 5 years, this method of doing things is only going to become more prevalent. So I guess it will seem more commonplace to me at that point. But I will still try to protect my information as best as possible.

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Alex Bailey- TED Talk 4.7.17

Summarize the talk in 5 bullet points: 

We reveal so much information about ourselves online than ever before, and so much information about us is being collected by organizations.

There is likely to be a future in which strangers can use 7 or 8 data point    about you to infer other information.

Privacy is not only about having something negative to hide.

Data and information collected by marketers is likely not be used in our favor. Even when they are transparent with how they are using our information, they’re still asking for more.

Privacy is both the means and price we pay for freedom.

Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk?

I currently only use my Instagram account due to a fear of oversharing. When I was on twitter I felt the need to tweet almost everything I did or thought about. Having access to everyone’s thoughts (and vice versa) got to be overwhelming and unnecessary. Social Media has done plenty of good in the world, but it’s time to reflect heavily on the disadvantages. I personally love using facial recognition technology, mostly for funny Snapchat filters. I never thought that my face could be used to gain so much access to the rest of my personal information. Facial recognition being used to unlock cell phones makes me even more nervous since my phone is connected to data on my apps as well.

How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years?     Use examples.

I will continue to be a private person online, especially when posting social media. I want to go into digital marketing so I do recognize the benefits that social media has for organizations. In the future, I hope the organizations will take more of a professional approach to social media advertising. With everything becoming increasingly electronic and connected to the internet, I would have to hide under a rock to completely disconnect. I don’t expect to receive information, news, and clothing options that I am expected to like, filter bubbles will only further the divide between all of us. I hope that there are more media literacy classes starting in elementary school in the next 5 years, especially since most kids first interaction with social media is cyber bullying. It’s great that we have access to so much knowledge, but I’m afraid that we won’t consider moderation until it’s too late.

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Austin Linfante - TED Talk (4/7/17)

As the amount of personal information that gets published on the Web increases, so does the computing ability to analyze and match together this information.

Since computers can use facial recognition software and make logical conclusions as easy as ever, any personal information can become sensitive information.

The availability of personal information online paradoxically creates more biases than it eliminates.

Organizations and companies gather so much information about you that they can infer your future actions, for better or for worse.

The best way to escape this lack of privacy online is to be aware of all the personal information being collected on you and making the necessary changes.

The way I use the Internet, I’m somewhere in the middle between always sharing and keeping my browsing and spending habits secure. I rarely post selfies, and I am selective with how much of my life I share on social media. However, just being in the “middle of the road” doesn’t cut it when it comes to Internet privacy. Practically anything I share on the Internet can be used to connect me with my personal, sensitive information. I am aware of all the steps I can take to keep my information secure and exclusive to me; I just need to use them.

I think it would be easy for me to say I will post even less information about myself on social media within the next five years. I would say that this is already happening with me, as I am posting less and less personal information about myself online in favor of interesting things I find online. At the very most, I post opinions about my hobbies and use secure messaging apps to talk to friends. Granted, there will probably be new social networks that greatly transform how people express themselves. But I don’t believe that it will override the experiences that will happen over the next five years that will probably push me to be more private on social media.

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Shelby Harris - 4/7/17

Summary

The ted talk as a whole was about the complex trade offs we are starting to encounter between enjoying a convenient online experience and keeping our personal information private. 

The first study he referenced pointed out that seemingly harmless personal information when combined with the use of technology can become harmful. Taking pictures of someones face and posting them online, when combined with gps tracking and other predictive software, turned into knowing a lot more about a person than simply what their face looks like.

The second study involved telling students to do a somewhat embarrassing survey. One group was told only other students would see their responses, and the other was told that facilitators and professors would. After a wait time of 15 seconds, both groups ended up divulging the same amount of information. This shows that society is slowly changing how we perceive privacy.

The way privacy as it relates to internet usage is now, it’s not so much that was don’t care about privacy anymore, as much as it is that we can’t care. Caring about privacy with current technology basically means not using the internet at all.

We can fight against this shift in privacy, but it is a fight against convenience and free content, and it will be very hard to do as a society.

How can I relate?

As a computer programming major, I think I tend to have a more in-depth awareness of internet privacy compared to the average student. I know exactly what companies online can do with our information, and I know a lot about how they can do it. This means it’s hard for me because I know the dangers of divulging too much on the internet, but at the same time I still want to enjoy free content and other information-dependent online services like social media.

How will my views evolve?

I think that over the next 5 years there will be an exponential increase in what companies can do with freely obtained information, but I think there will also be an increase in what we can do to prevent mass data collection, like the use of VPNs, Tor or encryption. My personal views on the importance of internet privacy aren’t likely to change, but I think that I might actually become more strict about how I personally divulge info online, particularly because of the Trump administration and what legislation they plan to introduce over the next few years.

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Evan Schultz- 4/7/17

Summary 1. Privacy is not the same as it was in past decades. It is almost impossible to comprehend how much personal information and data is out on the internet. 2. Facial recognition software has advanced significantly in the past few years and now even your face in a picture can have information about you collected from it. 3. Privacy policies are in place to protect us, but many people struggle with the language used in them so they don’t understand what is actually protected or collected. 4. Big data can help to benefit us by customizing our user experience, but the selling of our information can also be harmful to our job prospects or personal lives. 5. Right now, it is up to us to try to maintain our privacy as best as we can. We must become informed and aware.

Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk? I can relate to a lot of what is in the talk, especially because I am taking a Privacy in the Internet Age course that expands on the topics in the TED Talk. I am someone that enjoys personalized marketing and content that comes from big data collection. However, I have recently started to try to lock down some of my profiles and have found that it is very hard to erase things or hide things online. I personally don’t have anything that damaging to hide, but I am glad that I am realizing now how difficult things would be if I did. Hindsight is 20/20.


How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples. I think we can expect to see more legislation in the coming years that attempt to regulate privacy and data collection. We are in this interesting time where we are growing up with the technology and watching it become regulated, versus something like TV or radio that already had regulations in place from previous generations. With that being said, there are a lot of new technologies in the works like VR/AR and talk of universal cards that contain all of your personal info/accounts on one card, that will add more lines in the sand and more things to regulate.

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Maria Martin 4-7-17

What will a future without secrets look like?

1. Social media is starting to become a place where we can't always hide things that we used to be able to hide. 2. Facial recognition is becoming more apparent in social media and can help find particular faces in pictures on social media. 3. Internet privacy has evolved in a large sense since it's creation 4. Privacy is a the means and the price to pay for freedom 5. Privacy is in our hands but is changing as time goes on

I can relate to this talk because I am on social media and post things daily. I have my privacy settings, for facebook, so that only my friends can see what I post but on Instagram and Twitter I post things publicly. I am always very cautious about what I post and how I word things but the concept of privacy is still always on my mind.

As I said, I am cautious about what I post and who can possibly see it. I believe that privacy will continue to grow and change as new social media networks come out and current social media networks update to stay with the flow of other platforms. I believe privacy is an important thing for everyone to have but in the age of social media, sometimes it is not all that possible.

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Jennifer Grubb - 4/7/16

1.   “Any personal information can become sensitive information”

2.   Facial recognition can take an anonymous person and connect them to personal information and data found online

3.   Technology could advance so far the glasses or contacts are able to look at a face and pull up their personal information

4.   This affects everyone! Not just people who have something to hide

5.   We do not have policy mechanisms equipped to adequately protect us from these privacy invasions

 As a soon-to-be college graduate I am on the job hunt. Due to this, the part of the TED Talk that talked about HR managers being biased based on personal information they found about candidates really struck me. Although I do agree that I have nothing to hide and I like to think that I keep a decent social media image, I do worry that I will be judged based on personal information that could be found on the internet and be weeded out from a candidate pool without being about to explain anything.

 I think my experiences and views will evolve depending on how technology evolves. I believe I will use whichever technological advances become easily available. For example, if “google glasses” as the video mentioned, do become a real thing that can read faces and pull up information, and if they become mainstream, I will likely have them as well. Although I do not see this happening within the next five years I do think apps such as the facial scanner mentioned will be more popular and I can see myself using them.

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Erica Stonehill - 04/07/2017

1. Summary a. “Any information can become personal information.” Meaning, technology and algorithms will be and already are able to decipher personal information from anything you share online. b. With the right technology, we can use facial recognition to find a name and public information and use that information to “infer non-publicly available information.” c. Privacy is a tradeoff, as there are good things and bad things about big data and technology. d. The decision of how much or how little to share online is up to us, to an extent. e. “Privacy is both the means and the price you pay for freedom.” 2. As a person, I see myself as someone how values privacy. As a communications professional, I know privacy isn’t always possible and the lack thereof can benefit me as I’m looking to market toward certain audiences. I believe and agree that privacy is a tradeoff, and as people want comfort and ease, they are willing to give up bits and pieces of their privacy. 3. I’m not sure. I think as I continue in my career, my views will either stay the same because I will always know a lack of privacy benefits my job. But I’m still a person that doesn’t want everyone in the world to know everything about me.

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Sydney Clancy 4/7

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·         We post photos on social media with no regards to our privacy. The amount of photos that are uploaded to Facebook is rapidly increasing.

·         In today’s world, we should probably be more aware of protecting our privacy and the dangers of not doing so.

·         Facial recognition software is developing and is becoming more and more advance. This is putting out privacy into more danger.

·         It depends on where we are posting and who sees it that determines what we post.

·         In the future, there may be no such thing as privacy. We are sharing so much online that nothing will be private anymore.

3. I relate to this, but more with my younger self. I would never think twice about what I was posting or who could find it. It wasn’t until I was older that I learned how important it is to protect yourself online. It is interesting to go on the internet and still see people as young as 12 and 13 posting provocative pictures or pictures of them doing drugs and drinking. As you get older, you are more aware of your online presence.

4. I think I will become more cautious as I get older and emerge into the professional world. I might completely transform my social media to be solely professional. I don’t think that I will be any less conscious of what I post. As technology advances, I will become more aware.

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Emily Delaney 4/7

- There are good things about big data and technology but they come with tradeoffs - our privacy In the future we might not have privacy because everyone’s information will be available. 

- Facial recognition software has come far especially on social media in the past few years and will only continue to grow. 

- We can do things anonymously now more than we could before - meaning we can have the benefits of big data while protecting privacy. 

- Privacy is both the means and the price you pay for freedom.

- It’s up to us to decide how to manage our privacy and whether or not we care about it. 

I see myself as someone who cares about social media privacy but not to the extent that I probably should. For instance, I have a private Instagram account and my Facebook account does not show all of my information unless I have accepted your friend request. Yet, I have a public Twitter that could probably tell you a lot about me. This is something I consider from time to time and I wonder whether I should make the account private. Specifically in the concern of looking professional online, I think about this. I try not to release information about exactly where I am or where I am going but I’m sure there are times when a viewer could make an inference about this. 

In the next five years I think I will probably grow to be more private on social media. I have already noticed a pattern in my life where I used to post way more frequently on various platforms than I do now. I think as we grow older, depending on our personalities, we tend to feel the need to share less of our lives with people we don’t necessarily care about. I feel this is true for me. I would not be surprised if, in the future, I deleted my Twitter account entirely. I like that it is an easy way to promote the things I’m doing and I primarily use it also to test out jokes - as I am interested in pursuing comedy - but sometimes I think that privacy might be the better route for me to go down. 

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Christina Kirchner-TED Talk 4/7

Ted Talk: Alessandro Acquisti: What will a future without secrets look like?

1.     The information we disclose on the internet has far more value then just a digital footprint.

2.     Lack of privacy is something we may be unaware of; compared to previous years the uploading of pictures onto the internet has increased at an alarming rate.

3.     This information can be used against us in negative ways. Data mining is not harmless and it is really about taking advantage of our social media presence and marketing it.

4.     The policies to protect us against infringement are ridiculously low monitored and do very little to protect us.

5.     The general knowledge and awareness of this issue is what is most important. Very many people are in the dark about the reality of the situation and the price tag on the information you put out there. The more we know about our rights to privacy and how they are being violated, the less of an issue it can be and overall more control over what we disclose.

I can relate personally to the Ted talk video because like many of my peers, it took me until college and social media classes to really understand how social media is not free. We pay a huge price for these virtually “free” social media platforms that seem to just be a nice space to exchange information, post updates and pictures to interact with friends and family but it isn’t that simple. Marketers are preying on every user and the more information we disclose, the more information they have about us to try and delve deeper and virtually trap us into their games. So, basically I was very naïve and unaware of how much impact my social media presences really is. I do not post things that are too personal on social media, but I certainly don’t post them for the intention of everyone on the internet to see. I feel lied to and manipulated because the privacy settings truly do not matter in the grand scheme of things. They will take what they need and we are the ones allowing them to do so. I hope to be even more informed on these privacy issues so I can do what I can to monitor what I disclose about myself, and be as safe as possible. I think that in the next 5 years, I will be a lot more knowledgeable on these issues, and will be able to participate and use social media, but in a smart and safe way. For example, on my Facebook I have a lot of information from the past 8 years because I have had this social media account the longest out of the other social media platforms. I would hope that I can edit and monitor my old setting so there isn’t a way to look back at the times where I wasn’t thinking before I posted something. Not that there is really anything bad or inappropriate, but I wouldn’t want my future self to be a reflection of poor prior choices. Privacy is a right, so just because we posted it once, I really believe we should be in control if we want it there forever or for 5 minutes. I often think about public figures and how there are so many ways to dig up old information on them and can be used against them vigorously. For instance, everything Donald Trump says on Twitter has a way of showing up even if it was a tweet from 6 years ago. You truly cannot delete your social media digital footprint and that is a scary reality that I wish did not exist; or at least have the right to know from the beginning that it could happen to you and torment your future self. You should have to sign a waiver and form before you post, just so you know the potential down falls. The internet loves to keep us in the dark because they are getting exactly what they want from us, one click at a time.

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Haley Dake- 4/7- TED Talk

Summarize the talk in 5 bullet points. 

·      Over the past decade the vastness of information and data that exists on the web has multiplied and increased in ways hard to comprehend.

·      Simply by searching a database of thousands of Facebook images, researchers were able to take web cam shots of study participants and search and find photo matches online in 1 of 3 cases.

·      Privacy is no longer just about having something to hide. Companies could use algorithms and data to invade your profiles and search history to generate ads and media designed to trick you into a familiar feeling.

·      There is a way to achieve privacy, but it’s not cost effective for big business and could be controversial in terms of limitations of freedom.

·      As a society we all need to become more aware of the issue and be cautious in protecting our online privacy as well as pushing for actions to be taken by higher ups to protect online users.

 Where do you see yourself in the puzzle that is social media non-privacy? In other words, how can you personally relate to the talk?

I relate to this talk because I personally worry about my online privacy pretty regularly. As a graduating senior in the social media field I feel a lot of pressure to be both active and professional online. It is difficult to balance that between the social and personal wants and needs I have online. It’s always concerning to think that deleted pictures from dumb high school days could resurface and ruin my ability to get a job.

 How do you think your experiences & views will evolve in the next 5 years? Use examples.

In the next 5 years I think I will have generated a more defined and professional presence online as well as better understanding of what my true privacy concerns are. I also think that in those 5 years there are bound to be even more changes and technological advances that it changes the way I use social media and the web. Considering these facts I feel as though I will have a cleared out all unnecessary forms of media use and refined the way I interact and share online.