ENGR/CS 101 CS Session
Lecture 12
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No computers today unless you want to finish the
Conway's Game of Life from last class.
Today is the last day for the CS session for this group.
On Wednesday, class may or may not be meeting to
hear about the EECS student organizations. There is
no class after that, and there is no final exam. :-)
Good news is almost everyone has earned at least an
A- for the CS session (some students have multiple
unexcused absences), which is 1/3 of the grade for
ENGR/CS 101. :-)
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Outline
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Rutgers University social networking PSA
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The Internet and privacy
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Social networking and privacy
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Terms of use
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Rutgers Social Networking PSA
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What are the points being made by this PSA?
Why do you think Rutgers University thinks it is
necessary to show this PSA? (Note: this PSA
was made before the suicide tragedy at
Rutgers last year.)
They are not the only school doing this.
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Internet and Privacy
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Basically, there is no privacy. Posting on a
public website is like writing on a public wall.
Worse, the 'Net never forgets. Once the bits go
out, someone will have made a copy. You can
never find and delete all copies. This includes
pictures, responses to postings, etc.
Don't post anything you wouldn't want everyone
else to know about you now or in the future.
Might also want to think about email, too.
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Social Networking and Privacy
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What about social networking sites?
How many are on Facebook? I positively
identified 6 out of 14. I now know what high
schools Logan B., Aaron R., Andy and Alex
attended, that Luke likes to skateboard, that
Kailey worked at Walmart.
Do your "friends" write messages to your wall
or post pictures that have you tagged? What
happens if I become one of their friends?
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Terms of Use
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Until recently, sites like Facebook had terms of
use language that basically said that anything
you post becomes the property of the site, and
that they can do anything they like with the
data.
Currently, Facebook's terms of use say "You
own all of the content and information you post
on Facebook, and you can control how it is
shared through your privacy and application
settings."
But sharing with "Everyone" means public.
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