Personal data surveillance #post 2
Before I learned this unit I never gave much thought about whether the educational tools are safe. Through my research I surprisingly found that google keeps everything about me. Here is the data that Google has recorded me today；
- What do you think about what Google knows about you?
- Does the fact that Google (possibly) has that much information about your location for any given day concern you?
- Should we tell K-12 learners that they can trust Google by normalizing the use of Google Apps? Should we use this data to predict which learners are at-risk?
- Does collecting data put students at risk?
As the development of technology, data privacy has become a top concern of parents and policymakers. In my opinion, there’s no secret that Google knows about its users. The technology can collect all the information from users, also the technology memory is forever. Google can keep search history including delated, our location, all apps that we used, and voice searches that help improve Google’s services, thus I usually have to watch some relevant advertisements which I am interested. It means that the data can be used by the company to sell targeted advertising. According to the Gary Kovacs (n.d.), as he mentioned in TED talks there are some Google recorded information without our permission, and they can do almost whatever they want to do with these web data.
I have to recognized that online tools are convenient and useful to learn knowledge. Nevertheless, it is important to learn how to protect privacy. As a student, learning to protect our personal information can help to reduce the risk of identity theft. I call on everyone to do real action to protect privacy.
Now I’d like to share a personal experience, my credit card data was stolen by lawbreakers three times after I shopping online, with my information they made illegal charges. I’m lucky that the bank realized the problem of my account and they intercepted the payment. Therefore, I think collect data will put students at risk. Teaching and academic integrity shouldn’t evacuated by third-party technology solutions, it’s belong to teachers (Morris,2018).
References
Morris, S. M., & Stommel, J. (2018, September 12). A Guide for Resisting Edtech: The Case Against Turnitin. Retrieved from https://criticaldigitalpedagogy.pressbooks.com/chapter/a-guide-for-resisting-edtech-the-case-against-turnitin/
TEDTalks: Gary Kovacs–Tracking the Trackers [Video file]. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2019.