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Augustana Observer

Once it’s online, it’s there forever (and that’s okay)

Once it’s online, it’s there forever (and that’s okay)

Hailey Glasnovich November 11, 2023

Many social media apps and websites today require personal information to create an account, which may be disclosed to those you interact with on the platform. However, it is worth the risk to disclose...

Emails, data and privacy in the tech era

Emails, data and privacy in the tech era

Brady Johnson March 19, 2019

Countless emails bombard student and staff mailboxes on a daily basis. It is a constant flow of information that is either useful or meaningless. In the last six months, 24.5 million emails were sent over...

Facebook does not deserve to recover from this

Alex McLean April 19, 2018

You’re bored on a Thursday night, your friends are studying or sleeping – looking forward to the weekend. You decide that Facebook is your best choice for some source of entertainment to distract from...

Facebook messenger an invasion of privacy

September 26, 2014

Earlier this month, several celebrities, including Victoria Justice, Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande, had their personal iCloud account hacked and nude photos leaked to the public. This incident, along...

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