Assignment 3B- Cell Phones & Privacy

Many people use prepaid cell phones for legitimate reasons like if they did not have enough money to buy a whole plan. I don’t think that prepaid cell phones should be banned because when phone booths were still around, no one saw that as a threat and criminals could have used those for the same purpose.  Yet, I think it would be fine if prepaid cell phones were controlled by laws.  If users had to register the cell phone so they can be tracked it would not really be diminishing their right to privacy in that much of a harmful way.  It IS cutting into their privacy but it is for the good of society. I believe as long as they are still able to obtain the phone by cash and things like that it would be ok (especially for people who are poor or young kids with not a lot of money because they are still able to have a cell phone for emergencies or work).

Assignment 3B- Location Tracking

I do not think that it is the parents right to have the chips implanted into their children because the children, although young, still have the right to do what they want with their body and the right to privacy.  I do believe that there needs to be something to help reduce the number of child abductions but implanting a chip is probably not the best solution.  I think the shoe solution would be more beneficial for seniors with alzheimers incase they get lost.  But, I think if they tried to put the GPS trackers in shoes targeted for children, they would just not wear the shoes or take them out.  However, maybe if it was planted in toddlers shoes I think it would be more efficient rather then have them on the leashes parents use to keep their children close.  Nonetheless, I do not believe implanting a chip into someone's body is the right move for anyone.

In CS408, students examine the consequences of living in a networked world.  This course educates students on how to make well-informed decisions about using the Internet effectively and safely.  Through out this course students will get to create their own blogs, write on discussion boards and communicate through several forms of technology.