Big Data and Privacy Group Presentation

         This was the scariest presentation I have ever heard in my life. The topic this group had was very interesting and funny in a sense that teaches us things that I would never think of. This topic makes me think that technology bring more damage than help. Basically they started by saying that because of the Web, and all sites in it, a lot of people can access to all the information about us, no matter how personal it is. I think this is so scary. Having access to all of our information or our conversations, and the people we have them with, is enough for someone to stalk us, to access personal accounts, bank accounts, and do whatever they want. I liked the presentation because it was very open to examples and discussions with the entire class. I talked about how, by accessing to personal information and familiar detail, it had happened before for my granddad receive calls, that would tell him that his son had an accident and needed a certain amount of money to pay hospital bills. They gave all the information about my uncle and it was hard not to believe in the phone call. They gave my granddad a bank account number, so he could transfer the money. This is so dangerous, and I am sure that there are people who believed and paid the money.

          My favorite part was when they talked about the little research they made in websites that provide all information about a person, and the fact that there are some that require you to pay This completely shocked me! I don’t think any of us can imagine how much information about us is out there all over the web, or the random people that can have access to it. It was very interesting and important for future references knowing that most companies look for social media posts and personal information out there and that can play a big role on either you get a job or not. From what I understood, the government has access to everything, and that includes messages, calls, internet searches, and everything else you can imagine. This information belongs to them in justice cases for example, and even if it’s not important, they can always reach it. Now a days there are also some apps that allows you to talk to other people without getting “reported” to the government, and that is scary as well for me because that means a lot of illegal things can happen behind the justice.