Technology Equal the Loss of Privacy

Introduction
Hook
 DBS/POSB account user got hit by unauthorized withdrawals
 It was found that the anti-skimming device has been breached in two ATMs.
 Information by Yahoo News
Background
 Digital Age
 Increase in advance technology
 What are the threat and benefit of technology
Stand
 Yes, technology does equal to loss of personal privacy.
Preview of 3 Arguments
 Internet : Social networks
 Mobile Phone : Smart Phone
 ATM card, ATM
Body
Argument 1
Social Networks
Reason:
 More people use social network like facebook, twitter or myspace.
 Personal information is needed when signing up
 Personal information is shown to other user they follow
 Third-party application with security issue
SD:
 leaving privacy settings as default ‘open’ – 41% of children aged 8-17 who had a visible profile had their profile set so that it was visible to anyone (Children, young people and online content quantitative research)
 44% of adults who had a current profile said their profile could be seen by anyone6 (this was more likely among those aged 18-24) (Adult Media Literacy Audit 2008);
 25% of registered social networking users had posted sensitive personal data about themselves on their profiles. This included details such as their phone number, home address or email address. (Ofcom social networking sites research/Get Safe Online Report 2007).
 Younger adults are even more likely to do this, with 34% of 16-24 year olds willingly posting this information; (Ofcom social networking sites research/Get Safe Online Report 2007).
Argument 2
Smart Phone
Reason:
 More people own a smart phone
 Over a quarter of adults (27%) and almost half of teenagers (47%) now own a smart phone
 Able to locate where you are
 iPhone 33.9% of free applications had the capability to access location(Statistic from LookOut Mobile Security – Mobile Threat Report)
 28.2% of free apps in the Android Market had the capability to access