the new dangers of the mobile world
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The New Dangers of the Mobile World
By: Mark Tremblay
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We’re witnessing a shift away from desktops and laptops onto mobile devices.
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The figures don’t lie, in January to March of 2010 alone, 314.7 million phones were sold.
Source: The Growth of Mobile: Stats and Figures will Shock You
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Currently over 70 percent of the world’s population now owns a mobile phone.
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A child is more likely to own a mobile phone than a book.
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Source: The Growth of Mobile: Stats and Figures will Shock You
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It’s easy to see why the shift has occurred, mobile phones are multi-functional; people
can call others, SMS, do online banking, check the news, and purchase products.
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But with all these luxuries come many disturbing problems
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The first problem comes from applications like Foursquare; a social network were people “check-in”to places they visit.
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It acts like a 24 hour surveillance system in which people can’t go anywhere without others knowing.
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“I realized I didn’t want people knowing where I was lunching, what time I was
leaving work, or whether I had night time plans.” Barry Lowenthal
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Applications like Foursquare also promote negative human behaviours like narcissism
and self-absorption. People become obsessed with advertising themselves like a “brand.”
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“I wasn’t sure that my real whereabouts were reinforcing the image I wanted the
world to conjure up when they thought of me.” Barry Lowenthal
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The second problem created in a mobile world is the invasion of privacy in regards
to the law.
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Is it legal for police to do a random cellphone check?
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“When you consent to have your smartphone searched, you’re also
giving up data on all your contacts, who haven’t consented” Charles Arthur
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The third problem is privacy invasion found within the devices themselves, researchers
recently revealed that IPhones store locations co-ordinates and timestamps on
owner’s movement.
Image by Zapple DotSource: IPhone Keeps Track of Everywhere you go
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This means if anyone ever stole someone’s IPhone, they could discover all sorts of details about the owner’s movement using a simple program.
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“Location is one of the most sensitive elements in anyone’s life.” Simon Davies
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Apple actually has permission to all of this data; at the end of its 15 200
condition agreement for iTunes, there is an 86 word paragraph on “location-based
services”.
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Privacy invasion has also captured on with Google who have admitted to capturing
and saving WI-FI data.
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The final problem with the mobile world is its effect on people’s basic common
sense.
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This year, 1 500 people had been fined 167$ dollars in Vancouver for texting while driving. In 2010, 17 000 drivers
were charged in Toronto.Image by Oregon DOTSource: Does Texting While Driving Make Sense to you?
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Have we become so plugged in that we‘ve forgotten the basic rules of driving school “Always pay attention to the road, avoid
distractions.”
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“We already have the most sophisticated machine known to man (the brain). If
that doesn’t work, no app will.” Andrew Clark
Image by Stuart FrisbySource: Does Texting While Driving Make Sense to you?
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Some feel, myself included, that people text while they drive because
they think they’re very important and that people think very highly of them.
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What do you think? Are we going to see an improvement of these issues or will things get
worse?
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