The social security breach that happened recently was incredibly unwarranted, especially since there was a huge responsibility on the protection of social security information. It climaxed to the point where everyone was informed online to shut down their credit cards immediately, as having your Social Security stolen leaves you in an extremely vulnerable position.

I think that a less obvious reason for privacy on social media is the fear of garnering an online presence that isn't true to who you actually are as a person. More specifically, if someone were to post certain aspects like their body, expensive clothes, or expensive food for example, a false narrative that the user is uber-rich may be fostered and ultimately may affect the user's relationships with others in real life.

Data poisoning seems unethical by default, but I think that it could also be beneficial by shedding light on an unseen issue. Another example of this I can think of is when TikTokers make videos about how an organization did them dirty, and so their Yelp and Google reviews go significantly lower after users spam bad ratings.

These days, my friends talk about the inferences that could be made based on the types of accounts that they follow. Sexual orientation is one that frequently pops up along with what kind of personality they have or what hobbies they enjoy. An easy giveaway is if they are following certain brands or locations.

This is a very interesting example of how much power the internet itself holds. The fact that K-pop fans managed to crash an entire software is quite amazing. Similar to the fact that 4chan users arranged a whole rendezvous for single men just to laugh at them, but for a greater cause. K-pop has only grown since 2020, which may very well eventually raise the question of what other tricks they have up their sleeve.

Another funny instance of this I thought of were the sugarfree Haribo Gummy Bears. The sweetener used in the bears were actually laxatives, and so online users went ahead and posted all types of wild parody stories of them eating the bears and suffering immense digestive pain from destroying the toilet to going to the hospital. While parody reviews definitely have a humor factor, I also think that they have the potential to make or break a product based on the overall perceived notion of the parody reviews collective.

This happens so often even with creators that don't have a big following, and I personally find this quite concerning. There are even individuals going as far as getting cosmetic surgery to look like a person or even finding their address.

I have had a Schrodinger's asshole account harass me as an Asian individual during Covid one time and he pulled this move after I took matters into my own hands. I don't see too many of these types of accounts anymore, but there were a lot of them back in 2020.

Whenever I think of the dark web, I see 8Chan to be a platform amongst the most accessible. The concept of it is absolutely unhinged and it is wild how they were able to manage to keep the site up and running. It is quite alarming to think that if a community of problematic incels could create such a toxic website, imagine what they could do next.

I find this to be very interesting because history classes don't really mention or bring up this topic too often when it comes to making connections between the past and present when it comes to social media and the development of communication mediums.

I have never heard of the term Metadata previously, but I can see how it makes data interpretation much more simplified. It is important to know the context behind the data that is being collected.

I think this is a great way to describe data and the benefits it has on simplifying the findings of our reality. It is also important to note that there are benefits and drawbacks to the collection of data as it may help us collect intel for future development, but also can cause a breach in privacy.

This to me is one of the big concerns rasied for me in regards to deepfaking. AI generated content is developing to a point where authenticity on content generation is not guranteed nor is it discernable. This is why regulations need to be enforced, otherwise large amounts of identity fraud will be committed, and potentially cause a global invasion of privacy.

I have never seen a click-farm before, but I would imagine that this would be a function of an actual bot. This method was probably used to avoid bot-scanning software from the platform they were automating a function on. This is definitely a clever, but unethical practice to execute certain actions on the internet

I think that in some cases, egoism can be beneficial when you are called to prioritize yourself in more dire situations, especially if pure success is the one ambition that drives you. One could argue that being altruistic will make you sacrifice more than you should. However, egoism also comes with the sacrifice of human connection, which is something that stays constant in everyone's lifetime.