1. THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL MEDIA
& THE DEATH OF PRIVACY
photo credit: J. fields on flickr

2. WHILE DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
IS CONSTANTLY PROGRESSING, OUR
PRIVACY LEVELS ARE QUICKLY
DIMINISHING photo credit: Steve Rhodes on flickr

3. People are looking to
keep up with the
CONSTANTLY changing
trends, rarely stopping to
realize what these
advancements have
changed in our society
and the dangers that are
associated with using
them
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4. A high number of social networking users constantly use
their page to update their friends or followers about what
is happening in their daily lives
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flickr

5. Many people use Twitter or
Facebook to tell everyone
WHAT they’re doing, WHERE
they’re doing it and WHEN
they’ll be doing it until
photo credit: Matt Hamm on flickr

6. For example...
“AT WORK FROM 3
UNTIL 10”
“ CUBA FOR
TWO WEEKS!”
“ AT THE GYM,
THEN
TANNING,
THEN GOING
TO LUNCH”
photo credit: kevin h. on flickr

7. while updating your status with these specific
details seems innocent enough...
...it can be very dangerous
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8. THERE ARE ALSO NEW LOCATION
SOFTWARE APPS, SUCH AS FOURSQUARE,
THAT ALLOW USERS TO “CHECK IN” AND
NOTIFY OTHERS OF WHERE THEY ARE OR
WHERE THEY’LL BE
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9. THERE ARE DATING APPS FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO MEET
NEW POTENTIAL PARTNERS IN A CONVENIENT WAY
StreetSpark IS AN APP THAT GIVES A
LIST OF OTHER SINGLE PEOPLE THAT
ARE NEAR YOU AT THAT MOMENT
photo credit: gregory jordan on flickr

10. APPS LIKE
THIS TAKE
THE
ROMANCE
RIGHT OUT
OF DATING
...so much for a little
mystery
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11. ALSO IT’S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT NOW A DAYS IT’S
NOT ALWAYS JUST OUR FRIENDS
THAT ARE CHECKING OUR
PROFILES...
...IT COULD BE OUR POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS OR MAYBE
THE POLICE
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12. A STUDY IN 2009
SHOWED THAT 45% WHICH MEANS
OF COMPANIES THAT THE DAYS OF
WERE SCREENING BEING JUDGED
APPLICANTS ON SOLELY ON YOUR
SOCIAL SITES, RESUME ARE SOON
WHICH WAS TWICE TO BE OVER, SO
AS HIGH AS THE USERS NEED TO BE
PREVIOUS YEAR CAUTIOUS ABOUT
WHEN ONLY 22% WHAT THEY’RE
DID PUTTING ON THEIR
PAGE
Source: Inside Network 2009, Survey on Careerbuilder.com photo credit: istolethetv on flickr

13. ALONG WITH THE PRIVACY LOSS THAT WE ARE
KNOWINGLY CAUSING OURSELVES BY UPDATING OUR
FRIENDS CONSTANTLY AND USING CERTAIN APPS,
THERE ARE THE DANGERS THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE
AWARE OF
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14. For example, it was discovered that iphones maintain an
internal file of all of it’s users locations
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15. THE PHONE ROUTINELY LOGS CELL PHONE TOWERS THAT
COME IN CONTACT WITH YOUR PHONE AS YOU TRAVEL
WHICH CONSEQUENTLY CREATES A MAP OF YOUR PREVIOUS
DESTINATIONS
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16. THIS FILE CAN STORE UP TO ONE YEARS WORTH OF DATA
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17. photo credit: fellowship of the rich on flickr
and can be accessed by anyone that gains access to your
phone
including police, stalkers, creditors, hackers, a
spouse, a friend etc.

18. THESE TIMESTAMPS AS OF RIGHT NOW CANNOT BE
DISABLED AND MANY CELL PHONE USERS ARE UNAWARE
OF THIS INVASION OF PRIVACY
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19. DON’T GET ME WRONG...WHILE THERE ARE MANY PRIVACY ISSUES THAT HAVE RISEN DUE
TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A LOT OF GOOD TO COME
FROM THEM AS WELL
photo credit: dmitriS. photography

20. SOME OF THIS GOOD INCLUDES
THE ABILITY TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CHARITIES ON
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, SAFETY APPS, HEALTH
APPS ETC.
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21. "What today is about is trying to find a balance between all
of those wonderful benefits and the public's right to privacy”
-
Source: Los Angeles Times 2011 “Apple, Google try to ease lawmakers’ privacy concerns” By: Jim Puzzanghera photo credit: coast ranger on flickr

22. USERS JUST NEED TO BE VERY AWARE OF THE NEGATIVE
REPERCUSSIONS THAT CAN COME FROM USING VARIOUS
FORMS OF DIGITAL MEDIA
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23. WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT, AS DIGITAL MEDIA GROWS AND
ADVANCES, TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE PUTTING
ONLINE
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