Lecutre Week 1

The first lecture was extremely interesting and completely piqued my interest in this course. Seeing the lecture notes and the differences and changed that have happened in the form of communications over the years is extraordinary. One does not normally think of the changes and takes the progression of technology for granted. It is also interesting to think of how technology will further progress for future generations. I found the links and what Stephen spoke about in the lecture on 'Hacktivism' quite fitting, as I had seen the Lateline interview and found his insight into the topic helpful in furthering my understanding of the importance of this topic in regards to the huge privacy violations that are present in today's society thanks to social media. It is quite scary to think, that the hacking had been happening since at least 2006 and has taken 5 years to be discovered! But this isn’t just happening in the UK. One needs only to look at the Darryn Hinch case where he has been banned from all ‘all forms of broadcast, publishing or internet media.’ (Darryn Hinch Case) for releasing the names of two registered sex offenders. This to me shows that social media is becoming out of control in relation to privacy. It will eventually become the norm for people of this generation to have no regard about privacy issues. One needs only to look at the new Facebook facial recognition program to see that the right to privacy is slipping away. This is an interesting read from Forbes.com on Facebook's Privacy Issues.