While reading Privacy and Enhanced Personalization, it was
clear that you could either have more personalization and less privacy, or less
personalization and more privacy. So really it’s up to what the user finds more
important and what they think would be more convenient for them. I’m definitely
skeptical about most information that some sites ask for and usually try to
steer clear from it if I can. The presence of privacy guidelines and a layout
of what the information is being used for would definitely be helpful and would
persuade me more to give out some information, but even then not all of it. The
web is a huge place and that information could get anywhere. What should
determine what websites we put our trust in and which ones we don’t?
One question that I propose about privacy is, are the
guidelines and descriptions that some sites give about the information they receive
really true, or is it just something they put in to try to persuade users to
give up their information? It’s already hard to place trust in people we see
day to day, why are we trusting these people without faces over the internet.
Hey Sarah, this is a good question. I don't know if websites are really honest with us. The fact that they make their guidelines so long make me believe that they are hiding some things to us.
ReplyDeleteI too am skeptical about the information that these websites require of you. And I say require specifically because too often they actually require you to enter information before use. I worry where all this information is going.
ReplyDeleteBecause people can be stupid, they trust people they don't know. It's not really "trusting" them, it's more or less not thinking about consequences. Most things on the internet aren't private, yet people put out way too much information about themselves for the hell of it. I think I may be the only one on my Facebook who doesn't constantly tell everyone where I'm at or sign up for things using my address, phone number, etc. unless it's necessary or something that's trustworthy. I do trust Facebook for the most part, but telling everyone where you are at all times is a good way to tell someone "hey, I'm not home. Come steal my stuff." But that's a whole different issue.
ReplyDeleteI think your question is really interesting. I definitely agree. I wonder how all of the terms and agreement contracts we all click agree for are truthful. How is this regulated? I would love to know.
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