Privacy Online

Privacy Online.

            Privacy Online has became a big problem across technology. A lot of companies want your information for various reasons, and that’s kind of creepy. A few of these companies are Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and a Big One, Talking Angelina.

            Talking Angelina is an app that is on the Apple Store or Play Store. It is a game for kids. How it starts off is that it is just a talking cat. I mean Seriously a talking cat name Angelina, but you can type to it and it will respond back. But here is the weird part, once a little while in the game it ask your kid what their address is, name, and many other private things. Also You can push a button in the corner that takes your picture. This is a creepy thing and there has been lots of people talking about it. And when the company herd about this they said they had no personal data over any child. So is it safe? No. Has it been solved? Yes.

              Cookies have been another problem with privacy online. “The invisible cookie software agents that track your browsing habits and personal data are likely to multiply in 2013. Advertising networks, marketers, and other data profiteers depend on cookies to learn more about who you are—and what you may be interested in buying. Unless legislation imposes legal restraints on Web-browser tracking, your system is likely to accumulate more cookies than you’d find in a box of Chips Ahoy.

Cookies have been proliferating at a rate that would impress epidemiologists. “Five to ten years ago, if you opened NYT.com in your browser, you’d get a cookie from the New York Times, maybe a couple, and that would basically be it,” says staff technologist Dan Auerbach of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Today you get probably on the order of 50 cookies from all sorts of third parties: ad servers, data brokers, trackers. They can build up this big profile about your browsing history.”

The worst part, says EFF’s Auerbach: “It’s totally invisible to users. They have no idea what’s happening.”

             Facebook has had some issues dealing with Privacy. “The new Facebook Messenger app has many people concerned because the app can access their personal information and record conversations without notifying users. As a result, many people worried about their privacy online have posted their concerns about the app on Facebook. “It makes me feel really angry. I think it’s a complete invasion of my privacy,” Emily Wilkinson said about the app. The app will also be able to access your contact list, and see your phone call log including who you called and how long the call lasted. Downloading the app also gives permission for Facebook to send photos back and forth. Milston said that if you choose not to download it, it does mean you won’t be able to send messages through the Facebook application on your phone. – From http://wtvr.com/2014/08/08/facebook-messenger-app-raises-privacy-concerns/ and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2423713/Facebook-users-committing-virtual-identity-suicide-quitting-site-droves-privacy-addiction-fears.html and http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031908/the-5-biggest-online-privacy-threats-of-2013.html