Is internet privacy giving way to internet security? What is the difference between internet security and internet privacy? There is an inherent paradox with security and privacy issues surrounding the internet. They seem to be unable to work in harmony even though their definitions are exclusive of each other. Could this be due to pressures [...]

Is internet privacy succumbing to internet security? This is the best way I have been able to phrase the content of my proposed dissertation so far. I haven’t thought of anything better but then I guess that’s the whole point of the ‘preparation’ aspect. I think a thesaurus may be needed. The general content of [...]

I have just completed my contextual studies essay! I wrote about the peer-to-peer network and how the government has no idea what they are doing with regard to trying to shut down illegal file sharing. I left out the illegal part mostly and focused on comparing the monitoring of data to the tapping of phones [...]

The following is an essay I wrote as a polemic as part of a Contextual Studies elective. Peer To Peer is an internet distribution network allowing users to share content without using dedicated servers or utilizing bandwidth. The users share information directly with each other using a centralised ‘tracker’ which directs the relevant information to [...]