Information Technology Reference
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10.
Why does enhanced 911 service raise new concerns about privacy?
11.
How do companies use loyalty cards to improve their sales?
12.
What privacy concerns have been raised with the increasing use of RFID tags?
13.
How are RFID tags being used to return pets to owners?
14.
What safety and security features are provided by the OnStar system?
15.
What are the advantages of consolidating a patient's medical records into a single data-
base accessible by many? What are the risks associated with this consolidation?
16.
In what way do digital video recorders provide viewers with less privacy than videotape
recorders?
17.
How could “cookies” created by a Web server affect a computer user's privacy?
18.
What is data mining?
19.
What is collaborative filtering? Who uses it?
20.
How are some political campaigns using data mining?
21.
Explain the difference between an opt-in policy and an opt-out policy.
22.
Give three examples of how data mining is being used on information collected from
social networks.
23.
What about Facebook Beacon made it so unpopular with Facebook users?
24.
Do you agree with Scott McNealy's statement that people have “zero privacy” and should
just get over it?
25.
If people value privacy so much, why do they put so much personal information on their
Facebook pages and in their blogs?
26.
MIT computer science professor Harold Abelson has said, “In today's online world,
what your mother told you is true, only more so: people really can judge you by your
friends” [70]. Have you ever been upset or embarrassed by what your friends posted on
Facebook? Are you concerned that people are going to judge you based on what your
friends are posting?
27.
Warren and Brandeis argued that it is a violation of a person's privacy to take their
photograph without their consent.
a. Do you agree with their position? Why or why not?
b. If someone takes your photo, should you just assume it's going to be posted on the
We b ?
28.
What is the difference between privacy and anonymity?
29.
Canadian science fiction author Robert Sawyer argues that we need privacy because
we have “silly laws” that attempt to make people feel ashamed for indulging in certain
harmless activities. He suggests that if there were no privacy, people would insist these
laws be overturned [71]. Do you agree with Sawyer's position? Why or why not?
