Changes in Communications Technology – Privacy
Read the article by clicking the link below. Then answer each of the questions. Post your answers on your blog at the end of the class.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/police-dvd-probe-becomes-rape-investigation/2006/10/25/1161749190019.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
What changes in technology made the events reported here possible?
What is the violation of privacy in the events reported here?
In this article, are changes in technology shown as a positive or a negative? Give reasons for your answer.
Does responsibility for the violation of privacy lie with the makers and providers of the technology or the users of the technology? Give reasons for your answer.
Does this justify that “the activities of children online should be monitored” as the Federal Communications Minister seems to suggest in the article? Give reasons for your answer.
Should there be laws against anti-social or illegal behaviour being distributed on mobile phones and over the internet? Give reasons for your answer.
Would these laws work? Give reasons for your answer.
Should Youtube be prevented from displaying videos of illegal acts or should it be left up to its users? Give reasons for your answer.
Using Google News (http://news.google.com.au), find an example of a situation where changing technology in communications comes into conflict with privacy. It could be an issue related the privacy of users of online social networks, such as Myspace or Facebook, or it could be an issue of photos or video of a person being distributed without their permission. The issue does not have to fit in either category.
Answer these questions about the example you have found, and post the answers on your blog at the end of the class, along with a link to the example you found.
What is the possible violation of privacy?
What changes in technology have taken place to make this conflict with privacy take place?
In this instance, does the responsibility regarding privacy lie with the makers and providers of the technology being used, or the users of the technology? Give reasons for your answer.
Does privacy need more consideration? Or less? Suggest a way that a compromise can be made.
Read the article by clicking the link below. Then answer each of the questions. Post your answers on your blog at the end of the class.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/police-dvd-probe-becomes-rape-investigation/2006/10/25/1161749190019.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
What changes in technology made the events reported here possible?
What is the violation of privacy in the events reported here?
In this article, are changes in technology shown as a positive or a negative? Give reasons for your answer.
Does responsibility for the violation of privacy lie with the makers and providers of the technology or the users of the technology? Give reasons for your answer.
Does this justify that “the activities of children online should be monitored” as the Federal Communications Minister seems to suggest in the article? Give reasons for your answer.
Should there be laws against anti-social or illegal behaviour being distributed on mobile phones and over the internet? Give reasons for your answer.
Would these laws work? Give reasons for your answer.
Should Youtube be prevented from displaying videos of illegal acts or should it be left up to its users? Give reasons for your answer.
Using Google News (http://news.google.com.au), find an example of a situation where changing technology in communications comes into conflict with privacy. It could be an issue related the privacy of users of online social networks, such as Myspace or Facebook, or it could be an issue of photos or video of a person being distributed without their permission. The issue does not have to fit in either category.
Answer these questions about the example you have found, and post the answers on your blog at the end of the class, along with a link to the example you found.
What is the possible violation of privacy?
What changes in technology have taken place to make this conflict with privacy take place?
In this instance, does the responsibility regarding privacy lie with the makers and providers of the technology being used, or the users of the technology? Give reasons for your answer.
Does privacy need more consideration? Or less? Suggest a way that a compromise can be made.
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