October 10, HW#1, Reading reflection
For this week's reading we read chapters 7 and 9 of the Concise Guide. This is what I found interesting:
Fair Use
Isn't it cool how you can use some copyrighted material, depending on how you use it? A good example is the intructions doc I did that went through how to use Blogger. This document includes screenshots of the blogger web site, which is a copyrighted material. Even though the site is copyrighted as an entire work, using individual pieces like a screenshot I believe is fair use.
Is Online Shopping Safe?
I think that online shopping is about as secure as it's going to get at this point. The way I look at it is that an identity thief would have a much easier time obtaining your information just by going through your trash can versus trying to obtain from a company like PayPal over the internet. I heard on the radio just the other day that if you go through the trash of a typical household that you'll find plenty of discarded mail that contains the person's social security and other personal information. The percentage was something like 68%. That's crazy. Safer to shop online I say.
Is Online Shopping Private?
I don't really think it is...but it's getting better. The company I work for is very concerned about "auto-subscribing" customers to things like newsletters because there are laws in place that say that the consumer must opt into providing information like their e-mail address for the purpose of things like newsletters. We also attend vendor conferences and we have to have the customer sign a waver to do things like use their mailing address to send them materials. I think that the law is catching up with people who mis-use someone's personal information. However, I think it's silly how every bank I have or have ever had an account with has to send me a yearly privacy statement... that one's a bit overboard.
Fair Use
Isn't it cool how you can use some copyrighted material, depending on how you use it? A good example is the intructions doc I did that went through how to use Blogger. This document includes screenshots of the blogger web site, which is a copyrighted material. Even though the site is copyrighted as an entire work, using individual pieces like a screenshot I believe is fair use.
Is Online Shopping Safe?
I think that online shopping is about as secure as it's going to get at this point. The way I look at it is that an identity thief would have a much easier time obtaining your information just by going through your trash can versus trying to obtain from a company like PayPal over the internet. I heard on the radio just the other day that if you go through the trash of a typical household that you'll find plenty of discarded mail that contains the person's social security and other personal information. The percentage was something like 68%. That's crazy. Safer to shop online I say.
Is Online Shopping Private?
I don't really think it is...but it's getting better. The company I work for is very concerned about "auto-subscribing" customers to things like newsletters because there are laws in place that say that the consumer must opt into providing information like their e-mail address for the purpose of things like newsletters. We also attend vendor conferences and we have to have the customer sign a waver to do things like use their mailing address to send them materials. I think that the law is catching up with people who mis-use someone's personal information. However, I think it's silly how every bank I have or have ever had an account with has to send me a yearly privacy statement... that one's a bit overboard.
posted by Josh Grauer at
9:21 PM
2 Comments:
"A good example is the intructions doc I did that went through how to use Blogger. This document includes screenshots of the blogger web site, which is a copyrighted material. Even though the site is copyrighted as an entire work, using individual pieces like a screenshot I believe is fair use."
Even if it wasn't for those reasons, since you're using it for educational purposes, it's still fair use.
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Jeff, at 11:26 AM
OK, so I have two jobs, I would in the identity theft department for a bank and at Applebee’s. With the information that I have I think that online shopping with continue to bet better, but at the same time thieves would just find another way around security. Online stores have to find new ways for people to shop safe on the internet and stop fraud because any time there is fraud from an online purchase the banks and the customers don’t take the lose the online store does. For the online store, this is like walking into the physical store and watching someone walk out the front door
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Shannon Mulhern, at 6:50 PM
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