New media today is heavily tied to privacy and confidentiality. Most online activities require an account with a password nowadays. Whether it's using your phone or signing in the computer, everything needs a password to secure information.
Facebook is a great example of privacy and confidentiality in new media. There are privacy settings users can set to make their account more confidential. For example, users can limit who are able to see their pictures or view their profile. People have to be careful of what they post because others can make fake accounts with the information they've obtained from one's profile. How else is new media connected with privacy and confidentiality?
Well, since almost everything is done online, people need to be careful of what information they fill out. Social security is one of the most important identifications. If when someone fills out an online form requiring the social security number, their identity may be stolen if the website is not secure. That's why confidentiality is very important with the new media and technology today. Everything should be kept private in order to secure oneself.
Privacy concerns are very real issues within the internet. However, can privacy issues not help us too? I mentioned previously in my blog how privacy have hindered us- however, it has also helped is citizens. When many documents were leaked by insiders within our government, the gov quickly tried to hide them. The documents helped us as citizens, shed light to how many operations occurred, and I feel as though that's always an important item- to be transparent for our citizens. When the gov starts hiding important information from us, withholding items of importance, at that point, we begin to lose that connection between us, and them.
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