Sean Things Aloud

Before I begin if you are an American Citizen then congratulations. You are a first-class citizen and do not need to read any further. For the rest of us we need to have a talk about some facts that you will need to get used to. Let me say it as plainly as I can... You are second class citizen of the world. You do not deserve privacy and protection of your personal information, what you do, what you see online, who you talk to etc. So unfortunately, we all need to get used to it. So, what am I referring to? Well we have President Trump to thank. According to him if you are not American then you are a second-rate citizen of the world. Regarding your rights to privacy and a private life as are all our rights as human beings and enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Right, they do not exist. On twitter Cobun Keegan (@cobun) highlighted that the executive order President Trump enacted on "public safety" directs all federal agencies that the Privacy Act should not extend...

Social media services are available everywhere these days. In many ways they help people communicate, keep in touch with loved ones and generally find out what is happening within communities and the world at large. However there are also side effects to these services which must be understood and managed. For example vulnerable people or sensitive relationships should remain private and confidential but in a recent article, Kashmir Hill writing for fusion.net (see references below), highlighted how one social media services used data and metadata about people to violate privacy and confidentiality. Hill recounted how Facebook suggested patients of a a psychiatrists be friends. This relationship should be confidential however Facebook afforded these patients to work out who else were patients of the psychologist in question and potentially able to determine their health concerns. The concern is that this psychiatrist did not look up or befriend any of her patients on Facebook. Whilst F...