1. What is a RFID tag and what does it do ?
- Radio Frequency Identification Tag. Used to track items. Silicon chips embodied in plastic. it is used in stores to prevent people from stealing.
2. What is EDR and what does it do.
- Event Data Recorder. Black box that captures the information about certain frequency . In case of an accident they use the date that's stored here( speed, braking time, turn signal status) in airplane, cars
3. Is it possible to identify someone, perhaps a patient, knowing just his or her gender, birthdate, and zip code? explain.
- yes. it is possible to identify 87 % of U.S. having this information.
you narrow your choice to gender, birthdate and zip code. you can narrow this information even to 1 person
4. What is a difference between ''big brotherism'' and ''little brotherism''
- ''big brother'' is government tracking system that tracks your personal data.
''little brother'' - amateur users tracking other peoples information. They do not have that much access compared to '' big Brother''
5. How do you feel about ''big brother'' watching you, do you think having security cameras everywhere is good or bad ?
- I think its violation of privacy. however, I also think that having cameras in particular places is crucial.
6. Is the privacy act effective? explain
- I do not think its effective. As an evidence I can consider RFID or EDR
7. The digital explosion has scattered the bits of our lives everywhere: record of the clothes we wear, the soaps we
wash with, the streets we walk and the cars we drive and where we drive them. Marketing companies use these data to build models of our preferences and use these models to recommend products to us... in 1 or 2 paragraphs, address the question ' Am I willing to trade some of my privacy for the convenience of having a computer or a company recommend products to me? why or why not?
- No I am not, I do not think it's necessary for companies to track me. If I want I can provide information about what I like and what i do myself.