Section 3: PRIVACYSection 3: PRIVACY

“There is a tendency to be impulsive and not to always look at possible consequences, plus the sense of invincibility that masks vulnerability beneath” Elaine Leader

“Educators must recognize that much of young people’s learning with information and communication

technologies happens outside of school.” Julian Sefton-Green ~ Informal Learning with Technology Outside School

Digital Divide? Does Age matter? Digital Divide? Does Age matter?

The Social GenerationThe Social Generation

Mini Generation GapsMini Generation Gaps

“ People two, three or four years apart are having completely different experiences with technology.” College students scratch their heads at what their high school siblings are doing, and they scratch their heads at their

younger siblings. It has sped up generational differences.”

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.

The Children of Cyberspace: The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20sOld Fogies by Their 20s

Studies show that 16- to 18-year-olds perform seven tasks, on average, in their free time.

People in their early 20s can handle only six,

and those in their 30s perform about five and a half.

A downside: Is it a potential source of A downside: Is it a potential source of addiction and neurosis?addiction and neurosis?

Or worse: Student Suing School Over Sexting Scandalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOz82gSa8mA

“The reality is that nothing on Facebook is really confidential. Facebook is founded on a radical social premise -- that an

inevitable enveloping transparency will overtake modern life."

The Machine is US/ing UsThe Machine is US/ing Ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Take the Quizhttp://www.aclu.org/privacyquiz/

The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills

Youth as actively constructing their social and cultural worlds, not as innocent victims or

passive recipients of media messages

The active and sociable nature of youth new media engagement argues for an ethnographic approach that looks at not only

the content of media but also the social practices and contexts in which media engagement is embedded.

2010 Poll by common sense Media

•85% of parents say they're more concerned about online privacy than they were five years ago.

•91% of parents think that search engines and social networking sites should not be able to share kids' physical location.

•79% of teens think their friends share too much personal information online.

dana boyd - Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Boyd’s Law:Boyd’s Law:“Adding more users to a social network (site)

increases the provability that it will put you in a awkward circumstance.”

Facebook: The Entire Web Will Be Social

By Liz Gannes Apr. 21, 2010 • Social plugins are little

widgets that bring Facebook to the rest of the web. They offer “instant personalization”

• Creates a persistent relationship with you around that content. Sites give Facebook semantic information around the thing you liked — for instance, the title, type, genre and city for

a band you like on Pandora. http://www.pandora.com/#/stations/create/

http://www.wiredsafety.org/fbprivacy/index.htm

Privacy ParadoxPrivacy ParadoxAn OxymoronAn Oxymoron

Young people will freely give up personal information to join social networks on the Internet.

Afterwards, they are surprised when their parents read their journals.

"There's a big difference between publicly available data and publicized data.”

Dr. Dana Boyd, co-author a newly published book: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media.

http://www.microsoft.com/privacy/dpd/default.aspx

Where and how you give up Where and how you give up your privacyyour privacy

(anyone can badmouth you with the world and you may be helpless to stop it)

1. Messaging and online communication2. Photo and video sharing sites3. Giving reviews and opinions4. Social bookmarking and tagging5. Communities and groups6. Virtual worlds and gaming7. Collaboration and sharing

Creepers ParadiseCreepers Paradise~Facebook has got your number for the world to see~~Facebook has got your number for the world to see~

Facebook Groups Prank Shows Problem with Default Facebook Groups Prank Shows Problem with Default Opt-In in Newly Announced “Groups” feature.Opt-In in Newly Announced “Groups” feature.

“MARK ZUCKERGERG ADDED TO PEDOPHILE GROUP”“MARK ZUCKERGERG ADDED TO PEDOPHILE GROUP”

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207305/facebook_groups_prank_shows_problem_with_default_optin.html

The Facebook Help Center answers the question "Can I Prevent People From Adding Me to a New Group?" with the following: "The functionality of approving a group The functionality of approving a group membership is not available. membership is not available. Similar to being tagged in a photo, you can only be added to a group by one of your friends. When a friend adds you to a group, a story in the group (and in News Feed for Open or Closed groups) will indicate that your friend has added you to a group."

Networked publics differ from traditional teen publics (such as the mall or the school) in some important ways. Unlike unmediated publics, networked publics are characterized by their persistence, searchability, replicability, and invisible audiences.

How Safe Are we Safe in our Schools?

http://www.jcampana.com/JCampanaDocuments/EducationSectorDataBreachStudy.pdfThis study was presented in part at the 2008 Association of School Business Officials International

Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2008.Education-related organizations account for nearly one-third, 31%, of all the data breach incidents reported in U.S., although the Education Sector makes up 0.6% (at least) to 13% (at most) of all entities in the U.S.

Education-related organizations reported more than 12.4 million student and consumer profiles have been compromised in 324 breach incidents, which account for more than 25% of all profiles compromised through “typical” information security breaches.

Privacy WeekPrivacy Weekhttp://www.pogowasright.org/Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites

Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites

The Facebook Controversy:The Facebook Controversy: Mark Zuckerberg’s ResponseMark Zuckerberg’s Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_o4MvgiMHg

http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/Proceed immediately to:Proceed immediately to:

Not Google too !#@Not Google too !#@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAAFd-1L4M&feature=related

• Google has been Hoovering up data from open WiFi networks around the world -- some 600 gigs' worth, according to the AP -- which is tantamount to wiretapping and may well violate federal and international laws.

• When Google sends its fleet of camera-equipped cars into the streets to snap pictures of your neighborhood for its Street View product, these cars are also collecting something a little extra: The name and unique MAC address of every open WiFi network they encounter along the way.

What is dataWhat is datahow does it affect privacy?how does it affect privacy?

We need to educate ourselves by reading those We need to educate ourselves by reading those terms of service contracts, terms of service contracts, noting which sites are noting which sites are sharing and which ones aren’tsharing and which ones aren’t as well as being as well as being vigilant as to what kind of personal data we’re so vigilant as to what kind of personal data we’re so eagerly sharing with the world.eagerly sharing with the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdl-Lwzy7Y&feature=player_embedded

From embarrassing photos to drunken texts, Facebook users are notorious for sharing too Facebook users are notorious for sharing too much information. much information. Will subtle advertising via business check-ins be a step too far though?

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/tech/Facebook-on-Location-with-McDonalds-93255279.html#ixzz0nWsYglsj

“Healthy skepticism” and Critical Thinking