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.

BOC: Week 6 There is an app for that?

If you ever wonder if your spouse or girlfriend is cheating, worry no more, now there is an app for STD.

It was developed in the UK  with the idea behind it for young girls who were embarrassed to visit the doctor can easily be diagnosed by provide a test of their saliva or urine  by placing it on to a chip you can know within minutes if you have STDs. ‘According to the Guardian £4 million have been invested in the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, which is creating a smartphone app that will allow users, "to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes."’
http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/future-alert-std-test-theres-app

Now it should be a breeze to have someone tested for STD before considering going out with that person or have your spouse provide a sample of their saliva and have results right away.   This can work both ways to prove you are innocent or being caught.