Privacy Be Gone!

Let's face it, one could argue that privacy no longer exists these days.. We live in an age of communication and social networking, and that has dramatically reduced one's privacy. Many people don't seem to mind, considering they share every detail of their life on Facebook or other networking sites, but many other's are unaware of just how easy it is to get information on somebody. These days when information are so easily leaked or obtained through illegal methods, it's more important than ever for everyone to know the danger they are facing.

For a cheap price, internet detective can obtain some or your most private information, such as your social security number, as well as your credit card numbers. Just imagine the damage that can be done if those two piece of information fell into the wrong hands. Almost any past record or incident that has occurred can be considered fair game once the information is leaked.. Internet marketers are relentless when it comes to their job, and they will reveal any if not all of your information to those seeking it. Identity theft has grown dramatically over the last several years do to the incline of private information being leaked

Privacy invasion is far from limited to the internet. At the work place, it can be said that you have no privacy. Your boss has the right to monitor all your activity, such as sites visited, and e-mails read. Cell phone can be monitored or literally tracked in some cases wherever you are. As technology increases, the way we live our lives will change.

The new age of technology has brought us facial recognition, which allows a computer to identify or verify a person from picture or video. It can be said that there are many useful ways to utilize facial recognition, and they are right. For example, if the President is giving a speech somewhere, facial recognition can be used to scan the crowd for anyone that may be a potential threat. Or even at larger events such as the Super Bowl. There it can scan over 100,000 people to spot anyone that might be of concern. However with such technology, there is little room left for privacy.

The world is shrinking with the increase in technology and global communication. The past couple of years since the birth of the internet, have greatly decreased everyone's privacy. How you choose to protect yourself or minimize your risk can have a huge role in your life.




http://www.jrnyquist.com/aug20/privacy.htm

Saving MySpace

It wasn't that long ago that MySpace was considered the next generation of social networking, however that has obviously changed these last several years, and MySpace is suffering to stay afloat. Just recently, before Facebook was released, MySpace was known as the social online networking hub. However now MySpace is struggling to attract new visitors as well as maintain their current ones. If some drastic changes don't occur soon, MySpace may be headed towards a total collapse. Poor management at MySpace has helped play a role in the demise of MySpace, and their lack of vision has allowed other sites such as Twitter and Facebook to come and dominate the market.

If MySpace is to survive, their best bet would be to focus on the music industry. They are unquestionably the most accommodating social networking site around for those in the music business. MySpace should transform itself into a site purely based around the music industry, but still be a platform for new inspiring artists. Make the website more of a destination site, rather than a social networking site. That why when people are specifically looking for anything music related, MySpace would come to mind especially since they already have their foot in the door.

If Marketed correctly, MySpace could be the future of online music. Imagine if major Artists such as Eminem,Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift among others used MySpace as a platform not so much to communicate with their fans, but to promote new releases and any information in general on the artist. The Advertising on the website also needs to be redone. Instead of having random advertisements on artist's page, sell that space to something that might actually interest those that enjoy music.


Resources:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10263933-27.html

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-how-to-save-myspace-the-seventh-day-adventist-version/