Web Security and Privacy

Web Security and Privacy

Development of the Internet and Information Technology has changed understanding of security and privacy . It is argued by many that the emergence of the internet signals the coming of a new era in the history of privacy . Yet the importance of the internet and the consequences of its use are clearly not beyond controversy . The internet may well be creating a new technical scenario , but the varied and complex social and technological transformations users are experiencing today have roots which can be traced back in time

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researchers (Buchholz , Rosenthal , 2002 Klosek , 2000 ) state that technology is not privacy neutral . The overwhelming tendency of technology is to out privacy . By its very nature , technology is intrusive . On the one hand , advancing technology permits greater cataloging and measuring of the world around us . It allows us to create a global memory that can be easily searched . And technology allows greater control of nondeterministic processes , whether they are a person 's selection of breakfast cereal or the election of a political candidate . Following Buchholz and Rosenthal (2002 : New technology has not only increased the amount of information circulating about individuals , but also the ease of retrieving virtually anything one wants to know about someone (34

In spite of the fact that a person 's privacy is considered a basic human right , information about individuals is stored for many organizations Some data is held on computers , e .g . payroll , local authorities for council tax , social security , Inland Revenue and health authorities , car taxation , credit card agencies and electoral rolls . These are usually separate databases , but with telecommunication advances , they could be linked together . Illegal access to databases is more likely and a person 's privacy could be said to be threatened . This privacy of personalized data held on computer databases is referred to as data protection . In his book Business , Information Technology and Society S .D . Tansey (2002 ) states that the most powerful way to demonstrate the lack of privacy would be by targeting an individual who values his privacy and printing everything that could be learned about that person Security is maintained as the executed program cannot have access to the user 's resources such as s , printers and other computers on the same network . An applet loaded over the Internet may only create a link with the host computer from which it was downloaded . The execution of applets allows web browsers to have more interactive areas and thus extends their functions . Security and privacy will be more difficult to maintain because wireless transmission can be easily intercepted . The strict control of operations is vital , especially where satellite devices are operations connected to a central processor , allowing easy access to s . Where password systems are adopted , a log of procedure should be built into the software . Unauthorized users should be immediately locked out of the machine . Overtime can lead to inadequate supervision (Information Technology 2001

The history of business information systems has many examples of systems that are...