Privacy & networked computers
I have mentioned last week, our personal information can be seen by others through internet via computers. Nowadays, we post our personal information and pictures on Facebook and Twitter. Although our purpose is to share the happy moments with our friends, it is not a safe way to protect our selves. The privacy issues related to networked computers cause several problems to us.
One of the examples is from my friend. My friend cannot log in her MSN account since she found that it was stolen by someone. Then she received her mother's phone call that someone just asks her mom transfer a big amount of money to an unfamiliar account for tuition fees (she is international student). This is an important lesson for me. Hackers steel MSN account for financial purpose. In addition, it is important for us to set a complex password and several security questions.
The other example is the safety of credit card. We sometimes use online bank transfer to purchase goods via computers. However, is this a good way to protect our privacy? It is hard for me to believe that online purchase is a safe way though it is convenient way. Once we use online transfer to purchase, do not click on the jump windows and not write any personal information on the electronic paper provided.
All in all, privacy protection becomes more and more important to us. In order to avoid leak personal information and create a safe environment of internet. As individual, knowing some ways of internet protection is important(like what I mentioned above). Government should focus on the laws of internet protection. It is illegal to steal people's information. For companies, they responsibilities to protect their users' privacy and their own privacy.
