Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets- 2 Questions

1. How does the writer use personal accounts to enrich the story?

The writer uses personal accounts to enrich the story by adding specific stories of real people that this has happened to. The stories explain how the websites were able to get personal information about these users who have used the websites. The type of information they are able to retrieve is their age, the type of movies they like, and also the kinds of things that are being searched by each user. The story uses a couple of real life examples that have happened to show that this happens to multiple people and how common it is. The writer also adds quotes from each personal account that shows how shocked they were that these websites know all this personal information about them and how they are upset about it.

2. What evidence does the writer provide to demonstrate the subject's story is part of a larger trend or problem?

The evidence that the writer provided to demonstrate how it is part of a larger trend or problem is first by giving popular websites that uses tracking technology. By using examples of websites that are well-known shows that it is a bigger problem then what people might think and it is a good possibility that their searches are being tracked. Another way the writer shows that the issues is a large trend is by providing hard facts that show this issue is a trend that has been going on for awhile now.

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