Monica Frances T. Hao ITETHIC
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Book: Cyber Ethics
Chapter 5.4: The Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age
By: Helen Nissenbaum
Library Reference: N/A
Quote:
“Information technology has made it possible to trace people in historically unprecendented ways. We are targets of surveillance at just about every time of our lives.”
Learning Expectation:
In this chapter of the book “Cyber Ethics” I want to learn what does Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age is all about. How will this chapter help me in appreciating the Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age? I also want to learn in this chapter if what does the Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age means? How does it help the industry? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?
Review:
In this chapter to be able to extend this understanding into the electronic sphere, one might suggest that conducting one’s affairs, communicating, or engaging in transactions anonymously in the electronic sphere, is to do so without one’s name being known. Specific cases that are regularly discussed include: sending electronic mail to an individual, or bulletin board, without one’s given name appearing in any part of the header, participating in a “chat” group, electronic forum, or game without one’s given name being known by other participants, buying something with the digital equivalent of cash and being able to visit any web site without having to divulge one’s identity. Being too mysterious is sometimes nice but too much of it is not good because for me you need to get out of your mom’s skirt for you to be able excel, even not in class and especially when you are now professional you need to be confident because no one will like you if you are the mysterious type of a person.
Lessons Learned:
· Brief definition of anonymity
· Data-flow
· Information registration
· Gatekeepers
· Analysis after admission
· Methods
· Anonymity of sender
· First encryption with a public and secure key
· Double encryption twice applied
· Encryption procedure with an anonymity sender
5 integrative questions:
1. What is data flow?
2. What are gatekeepers?
3. What is information registration?
4. What is anonymity of sender?
5. What is the first encryption with a public and secure key?
