Cyber-privacy Concerns: Pre COVID-19 and Beyon Literature Essay

Cyber-Privacy Concerns
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Question 1
With the applications I have used from google play store, most of them will seek access to your phone depending on the purpose they serve. Image editing apps, for instance, will seek access to your images while Facebook and Instagram look to access the contacts. This is concerning because nowadays most apps have all personal details and a picture of the owner. We are heading to a world where cunning individuals will use applications as a disguise to stalk individuals and perpetrate serious crimes. Google and Apple are two of the biggest app providers and they should ensure that every application on their stores provides statements of their data usage.
Question 2
Yes, it is a necessary evil. The society today is fueled by technology and social media. People have become so reliant on their devices that they can’t live a life without it. App developers have satisfied this demand and nowadays, there is virtually an app for everything. Our brains have also been wired to expect rewards therefore, we are always looking forward to the next update. This is the same attitude with content creation where we expect creators like Facebook to serve our interests. This means that creators and app developers require data to know our interests and create something of value to us. CITATION Sch19 \l 1033 (Schechner & Secada, 2019) We are also seeing a rise in popularity for contents such as YouTube vlogs which detail personal information. At this point, technology is so much attached to our lives that sharing information cannot be stopped. However, the release of information can be contained and tracked. The society is too deep into oversharing information compromising the security. Government security agencies benefit from this sharing of information because some people are busy incriminating themselves. It has also become easier to locat...