When it comes to internet privacy, people aren’t as aware as they should be. They think that they’re safe to disclose any information about themselves because it’s just them and a screen. What they don’t see are the people on the other side of the screen waiting for them to give them information they can use. If someone came to your door and offered you something and in return asked for private information, chances are you wouldn’t give it to them. So why are people so relaxed to give this information freely online? Privacyrevolution.org can’t understand this either and they have taken it upon themselves to make people aware of traceable search engine records that could potentially make people venerable to questioning or investigations from government agencies. This organisation has created Privacy Week which runs annually May 2nd-8th and their vision is to inspire people to recommit to their privacy. Privacy is something that we take for granted and should be extremely careful about. There are people in the world as said in the lecture, that would love information about you and use it against you for their personal gain. So be careful and if in doubt, don’t click.
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