Nowhere to hide. 

Nowadays we all are viewed by the government. I don't even speak about our social networks, like Facebook or Twitter. It's all about cameras. These little imperceptible things, that watch over you in magazines, cafés, on the streets... They are everywhere. So, what about privacy? 
I don't like these cameras, really. I mean, I feel uncomfortable, when I know, that someone looks over me. In fact, I don't think about it every time, when I go somewhere. But if I see the camera... It makes me nervous. 
I think, we can't prevent it. Cameras are useful for shops, for example, to look over the food and other stuff. And when I see a camera on the house's wall, I know, that it can defend somebody or can record something unusual on the streets, murder, for example. 
One friend of mine sang me a song "Every Breath You Take". There were some words in it: 
"Every breath you take  
Every move you make  
Every bond you break  
Every step you take  I`ll be watching you" 
Man, it's just like secret cameras' motto!
Seriously, all what we make can be recorded and viewed by the secret cameras. Have you ever seen such videos in YouTube? I mean those ones, where people don't know that they are observed, so, they do something unexpected. There are a lot of funny occasions and a lot of interesting things. But, you know, if I find a video with me, I'll become bit paranoid. 
Yesterday I saw a program on Internet. This program is from Germany. The name of it is "Verstehen Sie Spaß?" (Do you understand the humor?). It's a comedy program, where the leader fools people, they believe, and it all is recorded by the secret camera. This show is funny, but, I don't sure, that all people, that were in it, are happy to be recorded. 
Where to hide? Well, somewhere in parks, I think. All cities are full of cameras, there is nowhere to hide more. Only parks and forests. That's my opinion. And what is yours? 



Alisa Nikolskaya 1

Internet and privacy
Hello my friends, today I am going to write about the internet and privacy. Nowadays as we all know the internet is a huge resource of information which helps people to get any information and communicate between each other. This is a good sides of the using the internet but quite a lot of people do not know that the internet can be very dangerous for people who like to share their life with others. People who post photos of him/her self or might with a member of family, or write their real phone number and address do not even think that it's basically can play against their own.
For example you are a student and you post some photos with an alcohol and cigarets. Then when you finished the university, you go to find a job in the company but the company may use this information, your online reputation to gauge your suitability for a job, and I'm sure they will tell you no. Do you want this?

Also for all people who work on the internet would be much easier to find you and all information about you, your family, friends.

To protect your privacy online you should:
- have a long password of your account and do no tell anyone (even to friends). Also change your password immediately if you think that someone might know it.
- not post any photos of your life and not write your phone number or address
- avoid the strange websites and never give your details if you are not sure that is a good and reliable website.

That all things which will help you to be protected!

Thank you for reading,
Maksim Kolyada

Your privacy on social networks and on the Internet in general

Social networks are very popular nowadays. Many people spend more than 8 hours a day on it. One of the most popular networks is Facebook. It seems that on Facebook and other social networks your privacy is absolutely safe and nothing can be dangerous for you. But this article will give you much more opportunities to look inside this network and to change your view on it.
There is too many information on Facebook and sometimes it can burst in your life. If you like to add photos from parties and events that sometimes are not decent, do you want your employer or school administrator to see it? Remember, that if your photos are open then everyone can watch, save and send them. Often employers check web sites which their future employees use. Also your parents, school administrators and other important people can accidentally find your profile and be unpleasantly surprised.
Moreover, if you leave your personal information open you can be found by scammers, thieves, your enemies and etc. If you don’t want to face with these accidents you should always be sure that your telephone number, e-mail, address and other personal things are open only for friends. Be careful with viewability of your photos and videos. Turn off the location feature if you don’t want people to find you anywhere. Change your passwords once a month or twice a month. Don’t use the same passwords in other networks, especially, the same with Facebook.
The whole Internet is not safe as you can think. I reviewed only a small part of it – social networks, and took Facebook as an example of well-known networks. But you should pay attention to the whole Internet and to your privacy on it. Remember, that there are «cookies» – files that save your web-story, that follow you everywhere on the Internet and sometimes are used by hackers to get your private information. If you want to avoid violations of your privacy, you can follow my ideas:
• Check web-sites and links carefully if you want to register on them or just want to switch to another site that has strange reputation, and if you do want to register there you must set a very difficult password, especially, when you use there your private personal information.
• Pay attention to files that you download. Often they are full of viruses.
• Set strong different passwords for sites and social networks and change them as often as you can.
• Don’t visit «pirate» sites.
• Use only proven network connection (not public wi-fi in cafe or subway).
• Be careful with privacy settings and don’t ignore them.
If you'll follow my ideas you can avoid disturbance of your privacy on the Internet. Thank you for attention and don't forget that people on the Internet are always watching you and searching approaches to deceive.

Does the privacy on the Internet exist? And if it does, do we really need it?

Nowadays, when the Internet is so wide spread, that we can’t live without it, the issue of privacy on the Internet is extremely important. An average internet user supposes, that nobody can use his personal data except posted by himself in the social networks. However, it’s completely not true. Your provider can get all your User History, majority of sites use cookies, that collect information about you, your interests, purchases, friends etc., your phone collects information about your movements – we can continue this list for a long time. So, the only way to maintain privacy is not to use the internet at all (of course, you can try to use TOR browser, but even it isn’t completely anonymous, as its creators claim). 

But the problem is – do we really need anonymity and privacy on the Internet? Of course, random people shouldn’t get your personal data (just don’t post a lot about yourself), but analysis of your data (big data analysis) by such companies, as Google, Facebook or Amazon can really improve your activity on the Internet – they can advise you, what to buy, which film to watch, find more relevant information for you in a search engine, and so on. And the more data is received, the better are mechanism for analyzing it – the greater our life can be. As the founder of Google said, the Internet will soon be everywhere. So, maybe it really can really our life?
But, there is another questions – to which extent can companies use our data? Who has access to it? Should the law at all admit it? If all this aspects are mentioned in the law, in my opinion, they could do it, because, if it's improving our activity on the internet now, why can't it improve our life in future?