After having listened to the entire speech that we had on Wednesday in class I have come to the conclusion that my online activity is not the most secure. I realized that I have on numerous occasions used the same passwords for many of the accounts that I have on multiple different websites. Much of my online activity is through Google searches, so because of this I know that my data searches are recorded. I believe that because I engage in many of the social media websites on the Internet, much of my data is recorded and then new data is generated. I believe that my metadata is recorded such as if I were to retweet someone’s tweet on twitter, as well as all of the pictures that I put up on websites. This data is then used to categorize and figure out what variable I should attach to that category. I also believe that I need to make my passwords more secure. After going over passwords I realized that mine did not have enough characters to be properly safe.
On another note, I have begun to make great progress on my final project. Now that my question has been determined I have successfully began weeding out what is useful and what isn’t. I think that once I find the appropriate chart to use, which I have been given much advice about, I think those will be extremely useful. I haven’t reached any particular problems, however I think I need to start working a little bit harder on this project as the due date quickly approaches. I also think that newspapers.com will be extremely useful in finding primary sources.
April 28th, 2014 at 11:23 pm
Elizabeth,
Glad to hear that you found the security talk useful. I know that I thought I was secure and it turns out there’s a lot more I could be doing to protect myself.
As for your project, it’s good to hear that you think you have a grasp on things. I’m curious about your primary sources. For example, what specifically do you think newspapers.com will be useful for? Also, if you have any questions about visualizations (or anything else) make sure to ask us.
– Claire