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MBA IT, Mater in Science and Technology
Devry
Jul-1996 - Jul-2000
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Devry University
Mar-2010 - Oct-2016
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1. Why do you think Facebook has so much information about Facebook users?
2.Could Facebook still provide all the functionality and user experience it does now without keeping track of so much personal information?
3. What other websites do you use that collect personal information? What do they ask you for? Could you use those sites without giving them that information?
4. Many phone apps allow people to post to their Facebook (or Diaspora or Twitter or Google+, etc.) pages without the inconvenience of having to login to the service every time. Do you have a phone with these apps? How much personal information would someone else be able to see if you lost your phone?
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Search engines like Google, bing, and Yahoo!, as you may already know, collect information about where you are, and what you search for. Try searching for the word waffles in Google. Try it again in Yahoo! and in bing. Are any of the results close to you - in your city or state? Try the same search in the version of Google targeted at people who live in Spain. This effect is sometimes called a "filter bubble." Eli Pariser, from MoveOn.org has given a TED talk about this effect.
5. What was your experience? Aside from any language differences, which results are the same? Why do you think those sites appear in the results list?
6.If you got results that were physically close to you, like a restaurant that serves waffles in your neighborhood or a map of places to get waffles in your city, how do you think the search engine decides to show those results?
7.When is knowing what city you are in when you search helpful? When could it          be harmful?
8 .If you tried these searches from your computer, try a search from someone           else's computer, or a computer in a library, or from your phone. Do you get           different results? Why do you think the results are the same (or different)?
9.Try doing the same search from the same computer in the same place a week from now, two weeks from now, and a month from now. What changed? What could be some reasons for any changes you see?
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