HONOR 3374 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Federal Trade Commission, Reddit
11 Feb 2017
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Privacy in a digital age -week 4 part 1. Companies can protect identification through methods such as separating transaction and identity date, truncating numbers such as device ids and ip addresses that serve as unique identifiers and blurring location data. However, this doesn"t keep users anonymous if a law enforcement agency requests the data. The whisper app turns over information to authorities when illegal or harmful things are said. Us federal trade commission (ftc) frowns on misleading the public about privacy. Tens of thousands of photos posted on snapchat were published on a public internet board. Whisper tracks specific users whose posts are potentially newsworthy. Consumers shouldn"t be expected to understand the technology behind a security product or to differentiate between marketing and technical promises. Anonymity can"t be absolutely guaranteed; software bugs can compromise user privacy. 1/5 (22%) of internet users who have been victims of online harassment reported this occurred in the comments section of a website.
