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hey.
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i'm sorry but we can't hear you.
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Okay that's encouraged. Now you can see how my shirt appears on. Small window. Okay, good thing I did a bit of a test, yesterday I could have tested some more things I would have. So next day i'll be here and have zoom logged in before. The first. anyway. So welcome back. To campus who's been here before, like. Okay, I know that's a question that I can ask because some people have said Ben Ben the campus yet. But I was thinking about this semester this. week that some of you start on campus some February 7. Okay. Good so. Share screen. So I can Double Click on the share on that screen. I can Double Click the start of shares shared screens I can't Double Click to start a meeting. So in that respect. The interfaces and so he named you talked about being respectful human frailties and so forth right. sure. i'm not sure why. didn't get the date. So here's our attendance screen. here's the password. So. For those of you on zoom. You can interact with interacted. During our remote period. and Those of you in class, you cannot i'd say can also use zoom. You can put your hand up and ask questions and we can have discussion here as well. So maybe you can even see this little bit if i'm. You can see it on zoom as well. But i'll take pictures of the of the boards that I write out and share them with you as media. was my writing for the back row, is it legible. I will try and keep it legible. legible handwriting isn't one of my strong suits perhaps. But with a marker on a whiteboard I do Okay, I think. So project proposals are being marked. So a few of them haven't been submitted. But I think on there were four. So less than 10 I think it's three or four at this point so if you haven't been able to submit them yet. To so soon you. So there's a penalty That applies, but still. getting up to 2.5 marks is better than zero. Are you. Remote students are you able to fall along what i'm saying.
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yeah.
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Well microphones even work. Thank you. Okay, so the next thing is then. So about the blog entry. studio audience.
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They can't see you know.
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that's right. Oh right. Okay i'll stop writing on that board I just wrote wrote what I said there about. Okay. seems like that reflection is not helping. If you have a bigger screen on. Your computer. turn down the audience lights there's less. glare. But being. first thing in the morning might. not going to play music. smiling inevitable sense of humor I guess. Okay, so there's a question about. just going to suggest that.
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Is the duty of the blog on march 4 or the seven.
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Presently it's the fourth or just discussing about making it the seven. The seven seventh be okay anyone offended by making the due date Monday, instead of Friday.
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No.
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problem because there's one person.
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here.
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Okay, I don't think so let me go through that. So. You just want to check about your your feelings towards march seven be okay with that.
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Okay.
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I didn't want to. Because the when you put your anyway. Okay, so update that. Okay, then in terms of citations. You can follow MLA or APA. Just do it consistently. Okay.
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So yeah let's think about the blog like, as you said before, like we are still allowed to write some of our own opinions and make it find a first person at some point isn't it.
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yeah so. So. I don't think those two things are exclusive mutually exclusive right. So you should have your opinions. with support from. Reliable online sources. So it's not a matter of saying. I believe this, this is my opinion. And it's my opinion and I don't have to justify it. that's not what we're trying to do here. So when you're. Making your personal connection to the topic you say this is what some. You can illustrate your personal connection to the topic. And connected with reliable online sources. Does that make sense. Yes. So I think it's fine to write in the first person. So. yeah, so I think. it's it's not a. Safe I can be on camera. it's not a civil matter whether people should write in first person or third person. or predict different kinds of. writing so I would say, because of blog is like. Is it is by nature and more personal style of writing. I think it's fine to write in the first person. When I look at. Academic papers or PCs that are written by students. I would, I would. counsel you to write in the third person at that point but. There that's. Where is that was the generally accepted. style of writing in the past it's not so universally accepted anymore. So I I. I have fun this for writing the third person when you're writing about. Your writing more objectively about a topic. So. I wouldn't discourage you from doing that i'm not trying to discount the advice you got from your English classes. The blogs, are a little bit different. So. there's that and then. Well, I guess there's that. So that makes sense. Okay, thank you send us her summarizing things in the chat. So these. shoes that are. kiss your. They interacted with the grippy floor. I. I have had in the past, some unfortunate encounters between my face and the ground. on ice so. singular. anyway. Okay, let me. Go to our. Let me switch my role to a student. is still okay. Okay.
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All right, thanks.
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I just regarding to the project proposal, you said, the marks are being the proposal i'll be more because I cannot see my Marshall nope vs.
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Okay. they're being marked they're not mark it's not it's. it's not past tense so you'll. you'll know i'll send a notification when the marks are released. Okay. Our sales marciel is that okay.
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yep no that's Okay, thank you okay.
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All right, so. Okay. So. submit your blog entries html either uploaded as a file or paste as online text. So. So if you go to your individual student blog, then you get a net you get your own personal area, so this is my personal entry. hello, this is. very nice countertop. The renovations in here look pretty good, I think. i'm not sure when they were done actually but. Over the past two years, I guess. So this is. can make that a heading.
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Sir, do you want us to write like my title in words and then and then write with a colon versus just supposed to write what our title is.
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So i'm trying to illustrate. The html editor in your courses.
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And, Sir, like, I actually started working on my blog on the on the individual section like individual part where we're supposed to edited so if we if we do it they're like edited there can you just copy and pasted in the. In the main part.
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OK.
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And i'm going to do that with them.
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This.
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So question of style. Whether it's good to have a hyperlink. On this URL or whether it's better that write it out. and make it accessible so i'm just my choice here is to illustrate the idea of. Having a different. Having the link with some text point to. The web address. Now. What happened there. So this. Is the target equals blank. specification specifications and create a link. Okay, so that's not. He won't stop just there but. If I did this correctly. Well, somebody is already visited my blog i'm. So you can see, this is html is generated. sure. Okay. I think I thought there was a. link to a sample but i'll check that. you're welcome. Well i'm suffering from windows here, I think. they're. Since i've. had the right to now let's put it back in its raw html know. Okay. All right. Any questions or concerns. i'll see whether I can. I don't want to put the video up but i'll see if I can. edit that. Have a little example little piece of the video where we did the editing okay. So the other thing I want to mention about this, so you get sort of the the short version of the menu you first click there, but if you go up the top left. You get more options here. And then. The angle brackets of the slash between them that gives you the code view. Okay. Okay, so. Before we. Do our quote. Let me go back to my regular role. And it'll change the date on the assignment in your courses anyway here. Okay, so I guess, I should also demonstrate. How I can make a submission with. So the data is correct. due date is correct okay. Okay, so I can add my submission. And the same thing. So that's using the online text. Do the submission. So. I wanted to let you know about a talk coming up. On march 16. From an alumnus. and a friend of mine. Is a university Berta. So it's a little bit about him. As a texture. Anyway, so he's gonna be talking about artificial intelligence and precision health. So i'm familiar with. The adjective precision in terms with health or i've also heard with agriculture and some other things. So it's, I guess, broadly speaking, it's about. Using it advanced computing artificial intelligence to bring precision. to healthcare and to agriculture and to other endeavors that are. Somewhat augmenting the these. pursuits of people with computing technology in a very general sense, so. He was working in the states for about 10 years he was at the Mayo clinic and then a cancer Center in. in Florida. And he came back in. and Just for the end of the year last year edmonton. So he did his bachelor's and master's degrees here and then he did his PhD at Western. So I think it'd be a very interesting talk about how computing can be applied to healthcare. And i'll have a link on to an event on Facebook later today. So that will be at 7pm on on March the seventh March. march 16 so two weeks from tomorrow. Part of the computer science alumni and friends. lecture series. So I. And I wanted to. Just 15 minutes left so. So here's an article that's on CBC news today. as well. I thought it was interesting because it's not the title of the article. that's that's the URL so the Charter governor general disinformation civic awareness. And then the title is what many convert protesters got wrong about constitutional rights in the governor general. So there's a line here. So here, it says in legal terms. The protection. Okay i'll paraphrase here a little bit in legal terms, the freedoms and rights laid out in the Charter and not absolute he's the most popular analogy one person's freedom to swing their arms around ends at the tip of another person's nose. So. it's not just a matter of. individual rights and freedoms. it's also about responsibilities and. it's another responsibilities to to one another as well. So i'm on this page and we have this. log box here. So, on some websites. Yes, you see the ability to edit your cookie preferences. But this is not that so. Please know the cookies are required to operate enhance our services, as well as for advertising purposes, we value your privacy, if you are not comfortable with us using this information, please review your settings for continuing your visit. So that sounds promising doesn't it. who thinks that sounds promising. who's willing to go click on that link i'm going to click on a link for us. How to manage your cookies. Baby sees of cookies blocking and browser blocking types of cookies. cookies blockers and browser controls. here's a list of the cookies used by CDC okay let's check that out. we're about halfway through not looks like. So that's quite a few cookies. From our more information on how to control the cookies in your browser you'll find more here. So we're using Google chrome. So, what was the promise when we clicked on. That link. yeah it seems to indicate there was. The promise of reviewing my settings for the cookies. Now it's not here anymore.
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let's try.
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anyway. there's no information here about how I can. Like and set. My preference her only strictly. necessary or functional cookies. anyway. i'll let you. pick that up if there's a way to. make choices on the website, the CBC. Because, to me it. It sets up the promise is something that doesn't this page doesn't deliver. So next day we'll. we'll talk some more about things going on the news about disinformation and. role that we can. That information technology plays in that. And will also work on doing a. breakout session. So i'm curious. If we have so for breakout can we do a hybrid session. If you can. We can do the breakout rooms and in zoom. But if there are group members, you have. In the in our face to face class. Jen can manage it to have. Half in person and half remote. I think that that will take on that challenge so. it's interesting, I guess, if you don't know each other people in your group. Then you might have people in different locations in the classroom being in the same breakout room and. And maybe that's a good thing, anyway. So the other thing I said about groups was. That we should handle the the groups for the Web assignment by today. So if you have. If you have preferences. For group members, the way the way I created those groups was the I divided the class work groups too. So, because of the classroom groups were between eight and 10 people. Then the Web groups. I made two groups of four or five out of the one class work group. So if you have. preferences. For who you'd like to have in a group with you. Post a note like i've described. see where. That is.
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A start after we have requested for the groups like can we start working with that group or like do we need to wait for your like you know acceptance or something. mean like your approval.
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yeah so. i'm just going to apply the information that he's you give me.
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Okay yeah that makes sense Thank you so much.
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So I would appreciate. If you list the groups that people are in. Because, then I can create a new group and then remove people from the other groups. So the goal of this process is to get your. DVD some input into the formation of groups, but ultimately. going to end up with 24 groups of four or five people. So if you give me a group of four or five. And you could specify. The groups. The web groups you're in presently that would help me. So, with a group of four or five. i'll just create that group. and make the deletions elsewhere. And if I end up with. a bunch of small groups i'll put them together. So it makes sense. So if you find with your group, you can be fine with your group, it may change a little bit. But will. So. A way to the end of today to get any feedback about groups in reply to this post. And then before next meeting i'll make up all reform the Web groups, and then we can start on. On that assignment okay. And we're out of time. So, thank you very much for today. And we'll see you on Thursday.
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See you Thursday, sir.
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hey. Take care everyone.
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Have a good.
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Day thanks.
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Thank you.
Zoom Chat Transcript
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I was on campus last semester
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Blog post is due March 4th - any questions or concerns?
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I have exam on 4th March
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Would it be possible to get an extension? I have big assignments in my other classes this week.
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I just want to confirm. For the citations, are we suppose to follow mla or apa?
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I have two midterms this week
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Same here
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No objections.
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Sounds good
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Do we have to submit pdf?
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Blog entry is now due March 7th. Citations can be MLA or APA, just be consistent. Make sure to back up your opinion with reliable online sources.
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You can write your blog entry in the first person point of view.
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Is anyone here without a grp for web group we have a grp of 3 any 1 interesed let me know
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I am interested
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Then what is submit blog entry option in urcourses we have to do?
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meeting password?
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84un1t
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Is our next class online or in-class
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this class is online
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Responses
The most important thing that I encountered:
- The most important thing that I learned in the class today is the date of the blog post was moved to Mar. 7, and some clarifications about the blog. Another important thing that I learned in class today was how googles cookie system works.
- Due day extend for blog.
- people should be able to protest but there should also be laws governing when they are able to and to stop them from impeding other citizens
- To be patient and do my best to participate and speak up during class now that it is hybrid class and it is even more difficult for everyone to communicate to eachother.
- I learned how to submit the blog assignment. We need to post it on the blog sections, use that to generate html, and then post that html on the actual submission page.
- Today we talked about how websites handle data through cookies, for example with CBC News, and also discussed how Google Browser stores cookies and allows third-party companies to track the user activities.
- The freedoms and rights laid out in the charter are not absolute. The very first section of the charter "guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society."
- In legal terms, that means that the freedoms and rights laid out in the charter are not absolute. To use the most popular analogy, one person's freedom to swing their arms around ends at the tip of another person's nose. When rights are limited, the limitations must be "prescribed by law" — to extend the analogy, you can't prevent someone from swinging their arms around by cutting them off. Limits to freedom must be precise so that they can be measured up against a legal standard.
- The most important thing I learned is more info on the blog entry assignment. It is good to know more and i have a better idea of what is expected on the assignment
- Today we had an elaborate discussion about the Blog Entry. The discussion helped the students to get further insights into their work. Profs' expectations from the assignment have helped many of the students get started with the Blog Entry. Blog writings like these can inspire students to expand their horizons and learn more about the Ethics of the Information society.
- The most important thing that I learned is that the blog post can be formatted in a couple different ways and that the due date has been changed to the following Monday. We covered that and talked about cookies which was interesting because it is relevant to data privacy and the good of soiety in a way.
- Today marks the first day of being back at uni. I have learnt that the blog is now due on March 7th, Monday. Citations can also be either MLA or APA, as long as it will be consistent. Blogs can also be first or third person. It can also be informal since it is like diary-style commentaries. Even though opinions are allowed, we must support them with information from a credible source. Lastly, he also showed us how to make our blogs using URCourse's HTML editor.
- The most important think I learned is that websites may be deceitful in the way they word statements about what a user has control over. Like in class the website made it sound like the user would be able to pick which cookies applied but it actually just showed the user what cookies the site used
- I learned that the due date for the blog entry is moved from March 4 to March 7
- That social media companies continuously fight for screen time of their users and find ways to keep you "pulled in" and grab your attention by auto playing the next episode or another video
- I learnt that it is important to be mindful about what sorts of things a website promises you, especially regarding how cookies are used and managed. With that in mind, I would like to know more about how companies decide to release information about their practices.
- Today we discussed about the blog assignment and proffesor extended the deadline to Monday. Proffesor showed us how to edit/make our blog using html editor.
- Moscow has been using Tv channels to spread hate and fake news against Ukrainians and justify the reason to go on war with Ukraine. Also, government funded Russian hackers have affected Ukraine governments website and banks. CYBER WAR has started against Russia affecting government website and banks , this is done by "Anonymous" hacker group.
- how to properly set up a blog for our assignment
- The most important thing I learned today was a little bit about how cookies work and how CBC News as cookie settings that prevent them from using your information.
- I learned about website cookies in today’s class. I understand that there are several benefits to using cookies because it helps the internet to remember your profile, passwords and other necessary details. However, it has several negatives. It can be used to spy on your activities without your knowledge. It is quite harmful when criminals gain access to legitimate cookies. Therefore, an understanding of cookies and how it works is necessary to stay safe online.
- In today's lecture i got know what is civic awareness program? Civic engagement involves “working to make a difference in the civic life of one's community and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. ... Participation in civic engagement activities can help youth become better informed about current events.
- Today, Dr Hepting has explained how to do Blog entry submission in ur courses. We have also discussed about the AI (Artificial Precision of health).
- Talked about the upcoming blog entry and learned about the cookies used by the websites
- I was really hoping to get deadline extended for blog as I already have 2 midterms in 2 weeks . Thanks for that prof.
- In today's lecture, Prof explained briefly on how to and exactly what we are supposed to do in blog entry.
- Todays meeting was all about learning and understanding the basics and fundamentals of the use of IT in todays society along with its risks.
- Today it was the first day of inperson class, very exciting experience as got to see all back after two years. We discussed the blog post and it’s due date was also extended hopefully. It was a great one. Many samples of it were also shown and discussed.
- Websites use derogatory terms to show the visiters that they care about their visiter's data and it is safe hands. This is done by using false language and providing links that don't work and forwarding users to pages that contain terms and conditions which are not explaiend in plain words or for "mere mortals".
- Websites can be very misleading with cookies.
- Today class started with the attendance and there is a small discussion on in person classes that started from today. After that professor told us that he extended the date of blog entry submission to 7 march. There was also discussion on how to write the blog entry which should be in first person.
- Class can run fairly smoothly once the technical issues are ironed out
- We discussed the deadline for the blog entry assignment and how we have to submit the assignment
- The most important thing I have learned about today's lecture is about Dr. J Ross Mitchell that will use AI precision in health and agriculture. and the background about him that he did his bachelor's and masters here in Canada and moved to the USA. Also, we learned about freedom in Canada and the responsibility to one another. Also, some websites allow us to change the cookies some not and this sounds to be promising.
- It was definitely nice to get back into in-person learning today, as well as I found the discussion about our project to be useful.
- i know who to submit the html format of assignment
The most difficult thing for me to understand:
- I never did understand why keeping things such as cookies private is preferred by most people. I understand people don't want their info sold, but at the same time these are the times we live in.
The thing about which I would most like to know more:
- In todays class the prof taught about blog entry, how to get html code. We saw some articles telling about risk of private data of a user stored in smartphones and laptops which are stored as cookies by the browser.
- I would like to know more about the Canadian freedom charter and also would like to explore the powers enjoyed by high civil servants
- We briefly discussed CBC's website and the asking of cookies and what they do with the data. I want to know how and why cookies are legal and if they can infringe on users without our knowledge. Computers are not to harm us, but if we are unknowingly giving more of ourselves to be used as simply data.
- Metaverse and its potential implications on society
- today's class was very interesting as it was my first day in university after a very long time also the professor extended the due date of blog entry. I have almost completed my blog but now I got more time to research on my topic. Overall the class was a very good.
- I would like to learn when to specifically decline or accept cookies on a website. Which websites should we accept cookies in order to utilize our experience?
- More about the web project
- How cookies are used to track you across the internet - I understand the concept of cookies, and how they store information on your browser, but I'd love to learn more about the mechanisms that go into putting these bits of information to use for either beneficial or malicious purposes.
- I would like to know more about the ethics of computing and more on active attempts at solving immoral ethical practices.
- In today's class, we talked about the assignment. I was able to see examples of how to submit assignments, how to select assignments, and what topics to select.
- I wanted to learn more about how to protect one's data, so that the privacy settings are only accessible to the person. I know there are lots of attackers and hackers in the world, but how do we really protect our intellectual property? Yes, I know sometimes, it is usually caused from malicious people who are trying to steal something, but how do we use technology for the public good?
- I would like to know more about and discuss more briefly the blog entry that is due on March 8th.
- The thing i would most like to know more about is how information technology is being used and going to be used in the current war happening in ukraine/russia as well as the effect it may have on said war.
- Online research and misinformation
- As mentioned by Dr. Hepting in today's lecture, I would like to know more about what can be done to control (or even stop) websites like CBC news from collecting and benefitting from user information such as browser cookies which are used for advertising purposes, basically to earn more money. I think the choice of words shown in the disclaimer is not ethical behaviour as it pretends to make false promises to consumers since they can't really do much about how their information is being collected and used.
- I would hope to learn more about writing since we are meant to do so for our personal blog and the group blog. I feel like working in a group with different people will help improve my writing skills and information deduction. I hope this helps.
- Today we discussed about CBC site and it's cookies settings. The cookies settings did not deem to be of much help. I want to learn more about cookies and how different sites use cookies. And if they are helpful in anyway or not.
- Today's leading information society service providers offer most of their services free which seems good for the society, but there is a big drawback too. These service providers make money by advertising. The problem happens when they collect data in order to target specific personalized adds to the service users. I believe that it is wrong to collect someone's personal data in order to increase their their profits by personalizing adds. I would like to know more about this topic.
- I todays lecture professor discussed about the project proposal submission and told that they are currently under marking process.Then after we discussed about the blog submission and professor discussed the submission date and postponed it to 7th March. And then he discussed about the topics that he gave us to read in our reading break.
- Today i learned on how people are protesting against the russia invasion on ukraine and how people are upset with the vaccine mandate thing which i felt is something i m very interested to know and how far this is gonna go in ukraine
- The sources of CBC news.
- How has the technology affected the mental health of the youth in pandemic?
- Do we have a midterm and if so when is it and what will the format be?
- I would like to know more about cookies and how websites are trying to become more transparent in their use. I would also like to know what methods websites use to record and document information about the users on their website.
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- the thing that I would like to know more will be that how many people review cookies and how many people goes through the privacy instructions given in app or game ? Even when your submitting the application how many people go through the terms and conditions ?
- I would like to know more about the blog format and its content which is due next week,
- How do we ensure our privacy rights are transparent enough? Most people have a little knowledge that they're being tracked online but nothing in too much depth. How do websites best show users their options for what is tracked on their site? And who is in charge of making sure they do it?
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