Sunday 19 October 2014

After Snapchat and Dropbox, it's time to realise that the modern web is hostile

Title: After Snapchat and Dropbox, it's time to realise that the modern web is hostile



Summary:

This article is about the recurring issues with security being controversial in recent months. The denial by Snapchat and Dropbox being hacked has bought the question of security back in to the spotlight. Both the cases of leaked pictures and videos, in terms of Snapchat, and millions of logins available, in the case of Dropbox, have been caused by third-party websites. In terms of Snapchat, the website snapsave.com has revealed thousands of explicit and inappropriate photos and videos. The article then gives the reason of security to why security is important and it is safe to use different passwords for different sites. The article then goes to state that hacking is recurring in all newer forms of media and technology, linking it to the rapid growth stage of Twitter and Facebook where they had theft logins. After Snapchat’s problems, there may be a wider cleansing of the very insecure practice of letting third-party sites have logins. 

Opinion


In my opinion the current era of technology, security has been endangered, as Andrew keen had stated “the internet is killing our culture” it has been quite evident in regards to security and how safety has no longer become priority compare to the latest apps and trends.

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