Saturday, November 20, 2010

Week 7 BOC: Privacy Issues on the Web - Two companies that can spy on you.

Two companies that can spy on you are Microsoft and Google.  Google uses Google earth and with this technology it is so easy to track anyone down and find out their exact location. With Google earth to can reach any part of the world within seconds and see what is going on in real times.  Google Map and Google API are products that can easily be embedded into websites.“Google Earth is a geobrowser that accesses satellite and aerial imagery, ocean bathymetry, and other geographic data over the internet to represent the Earth as a three-dimensional globe. Geobrowsers are alternatively known as virtual globes or Earth browsers. Google also refers to Google Earth as a "geographic browser."” (http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/what.html)
Microsoft uses Microsoft Connect to spy on people, they have developed systems like forum and groups where you can connect with other and give feedback for certain topics.  For small business owners you can submit bug reports and comments.

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