{"id":126,"date":"2012-11-15T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amandalee\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-11-19T07:57:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T14:57:39","slug":"re-urthecast-re-defining-globalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amandalee\/2012\/11\/15\/re-urthecast-re-defining-globalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Re: UrtheCast: Re-Defining Globalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.spaceref.com\/news\/2012\/urthecast-625x289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"UrtheCast- Everything is about to change\" src=\"http:\/\/images.spaceref.com\/news\/2012\/urthecast-625x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"UrtheCast- The Earth Video Camera\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urthecast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">UrtheCast<\/a>\u00a0will soon provide people with the ability to view high-definition videos of the world. I agree with\u00a0Fergus Arnold&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fergusarnold\/2012\/11\/10\/urthecast-re-defining-globalization\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>\u00a0post that states\u00a0&#8220;The sense of a &#8216;global community'&#8221; will be redefined.\u00a0There are definite benefits from capturing earth on video, like helping the UN monitor disasters, but like Fergus, I question how the company will keep sensitive information away from the wrong hands. Once sold to the governments that UrtheCast is allowed to sell to, it cannot stop those governments from using the information in ways that would infringe upon the privacy of citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/imagesvr_ce\/itbe\/ss\/ProofpointPrivacyIssues02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Privacy- Major Data Breaches \" src=\"http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/imagesvr_ce\/itbe\/ss\/ProofpointPrivacyIssues02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People are highly concerned about internet privacy as more of their communication and activity occurs online. A\u00a0study in a 2007\u00a0<a title=\"Online Consumer Privacy Concerns are Growing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tagonline.org\/articles.php?id=46\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>\u00a0from the Technological Association of Georgia found that\u00a0&#8220;94.5% of Americans have online privacy concerns.&#8221; With technological changes, such as expansion of social networking, personal data is much more easily accessible than before.<\/p>\n<p>Society&#8217;s increasing privacy concerns are a threat to UrtheCast&#8217;s business. Both <a title=\"8 Facebook Privacy Flaps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/story\/2012\/09\/25\/f-facebook-privacy-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"Google May Face Fines in EU Unless It Fixes Privacy Issues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-10-16\/google-may-face-fines-in-eu-unless-it-fixes-privacy-issues\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> are popular examples of how companies can face continual criticism over their privacy policies.\u00a0UrtheCast&#8217;s success and how it will deal with privacy challenges still remains to be seen. It&#8217;s definitely a company to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UrtheCast\u00a0will soon provide people with the ability to view high-definition videos of the world. 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