Projects
1.
Develop a list of privacy protection features that should be present if a website
is serious about protecting privacy. Then, visit at least four well-known websites
and examine their privacy policies. Write a report that rates each of the websites
on the criteria you have developed.
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Protection of payment information
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Protection of customer confidential information
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Limit the access of other companies to the customer information
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Do not sell private information to others
Google: 7 point out of 10: it is a safe place, but it shares personal
information to private companies that will have access/knowledge of your
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characteristics
Facebook: 5 point out of 10: same case than Google, plus they permit other
companies to have access to your personal information such as your profile,
message, friends, etc.
Amazon: 8 point out of 10: Secure and private. Their only issue is that they
control your behavior too much to offer you more products.
NY Times: 8 point out of 10: you can navigate and read articles without
need of registration. However, they use cookies and it is complicated to
determine how much information about you they storage.
2.
Go to Google and find the Advanced Search link. Examine its SafeSearch
filtering options. Surf the Web in search of content that could be considered
objectionable for children using each of the options. What are the pros and cons
of such restrictions? Are there terms that could be considered inappropriate to
the filtering software but be approved by parents? Name five questionable
terms. Prepare a brief presentation to report on your experiences and to explain
the positive and negative aspects of such filtering software.
From my understanding, after reading up on how Google SafeSearch
works, it doesn’t seem to block any specific words or terms but rather most of
the adult content that would show up. For example, if someone types “sex” into
the SafeSearch, it will most likely block the photos and articles with “explicit
content”. This brings up a great point, though; what if what someone is looking
for is not technically “explicit” but the engine blocks it anyway? This is where
the SafeSearch is not entirely accurate and may block content you feel is
appropriate and leave content visible that you may feel is inappropriate. The
latter sums up the pros and cons of Google’s Advanced SafeSearch well. That
being said, I cannot really name five questionable terms because it is not the
term that is blocked but the content that shows as a result of the term..
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