Privacy in the information age (on the internet and such)

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Privacy Issues in the Information Age

There are people who use anonymous names in writing books or journal articles even at time when computers are not yet invented or even conceptualized . One may recall T .S . Eliot for instance and other who use pseudonyms to protect themselves from the criticism and possible denouncement that the society as a whole might possibly express . This use of anonymity has long been traditionally applied to protect the individual from possible indignation and attacks of other people most especially when it

involves politics and scandals

In our current generation , the use of anonymity in transactions and other endeavors was a form of security and are often used in defense of having privacy . The concept of privacy involves keeping personal things and information to the person himself . Thus , any other person can declare or use anonymity in to protect his /her privacy . In the information age , this is but a natural occurrence everyone can use pseudonyms in the internet . One can even open a bank account using someone else 's name or non existing person 's identity (Smith , 1994

As the technology advances , so as the forms of plagiarism , theft and violation of privacy nowadays , there are internet hackers who can hack on system servers and get personal and private information that could range from complete names and addresses to credit card numbers and bank account information . Young people such as teenagers or even younger kids can browse on the internet and watch pornographic sites without their age being properly verified (Walton , 2000

Everyone can send about everything that could serve as nuisance to other people . For instance , defamatory messages are popular in the net . There are also hate messages and viruses . Most of the internet sites would require names and collect other personal messages from their client . To this , the reaction from the consumers or the internet users vary , for starters or for those who are not really acquainted with the internet they would answer the questions would full honesty , while for others , it would be treated as if it was nothing serious and would thus create another internet personality (Smith , 1994

Today no one 's privacy could be confidently secured . Even information from the government which is more or less treated with high confidentiality is being broadcast in the radio or television . Several conspiracies have been opened up and are exposed and discuss in public (Gralla , 2002

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From the discussion above , it is obvious that not everything about privacy is good . If one would want to keep his right for privacy it is fine . However , if someone else 's uses the right to privacy in to create or do illegal actions then the right to privacy should be abolished

Now , should the right to privacy remain or shall it be abolished in to protect the rights of other people . In my opinion , the problem is not with the right to privacy rather...