Analytical Reading and Writing: Privacy, Culture, and Ethics

This essay provides an analytical overview of information and privacy in the global digital age. It begins by discussing the security of email communication and the importance of IP addresses, as well as the use of tools like "NoScript" and "Collusion" for tracking user activity. The author explores the concept of Interlude and its relation to culture, highlighting cultural differences and ethical pluralism in privacy. The essay addresses privacy threats, including those related to smartphones, and the role of hackers and governments in protecting personal information. It also touches upon the US Constitution and the complexities of privacy in the context of Ubuntu and cultural transformations. Finally, the essay examines ethical pluralism, privacy in the global metropolis, and the ethical considerations surrounding state surveillance and private spaces like bedrooms and bathrooms, drawing on various sources to illustrate the multifaceted nature of privacy in the digital era.

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In this article, the information and privacy in the global digital age is discussed. Many
smart users may believe that the email communication is secured. Many users are not aware that
the email contains a bulk amount of information. For transmission of the information, Internet
Protocol address is very much essential. It is also called a dynamic address (Mingwei, Parry &
Kharlamov, 2020). When a user is interacting with the web browser, then the IP address is
forwarded with it. With the help of the Collusion, one can track a user when he or she is
navigating with the help of web. For getting detailed information regarding this matter, one can
install “NoScript”. It provides a control over the small programs. In this article, the author
discusses regarding the Interlude and whether it is able to describe the culture or not. In this joke,
it is highlighted the behavioural patterns, rules and values, preferences, communication styles,
judgments and so on. In this particular case, the author pays a particular attention on the culture.
The author says that it is a joke of Noreway. The culture contains some true facts. The author
discusses regarding the privacy in the global metropolis. It is a major concern for the digital
transformations (Obar & Oeldorf-Hirsch, 2020). It is very important government identity
information, bank accounts, credit cards and many others. Privacy is also an important factor for
the smartphones. In this article, the author discusses regarding many well-known privacy threats.
These threats may hamper the passwords to many important accounts, PIN number of debit and
credit cards and many others. These threats may spoil many commercial as well as governmental
databases containing much personal information. The author also mentions that hackers are also
responsible for the extra threats to the privacy. Governments take necessary steps to protect the
important information of the common people. Unknown personal information is totally
scrutinized to identify the major threats. In this article, the author mentions that, privacy is not as
the basic right in the US Constitution Bill. In USA, it may be negotiated over the time. It is

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hardly possible for a government for the prevention of the privacy. Ubuntu says that privacy
becomes more complicated in current scenario. The author mentions that privacy is totally
related to the culture and philosophy. In this article, the author discusses regarding cultural
differences and ethical plurarism in privacy and private care. It also describes regarding the
social and philosophical consideration in privacy issues.
In this article, the author discusses regarding the ethical pluralism. It is totally related to
the nature of privacy. It stands in between the ethical relativism and absolutism. It is possible to
capture some shared rules regarding this pluralism (Tseng et al., 2020). The author says that, it
gives a shared target of ethics. The homogenization of ethics is ignoring the other cultural
variations. Ethical pluralist wants to avoid the intolerance and conflict. These cultures share a
notion of privacy. These cultural norms may instantiate some cultural norms. Ethical pluralism
has some case of privacy. Ethical pluralist widely understood and practiced for the various
cultures and norms.
In this article, the author efficiently describes information and privacy in the global age in
detailed manner. In this case, the author highlights regarding the privacy of the email
communication. It also discusses regarding the importance of IP address at the time of
transmission (Puaschunder, 2020). The author also highlights the “Collusion” feature of the web-
browser named Firefox. It helps to track the websites by which a user is tracked. The author also
discusses regarding the “NoScript”. It gives a control over the small programs. It helps to track
those websites which a user is visiting. The author describes regarding the most important data
mining techniques for croos-corelating the access of extensive databases. In this article, the
author also discusses regarding the simple identity theft of the users. This article also discusses
regarding the cyber bulling and surveillance used by the governments. This article describes

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Interlude and whether it is able describes the culture. Interlude is a type of jokes. These jokes
talk about the generalization and culture. These are very friendly for the commercial exchange.
In this article, the author describes regarding the privacy in the global metropolis. In this case,
the author mentions regarding the Floridi’s claim. It is not limited to the information of important
governmental identification, credit and debit card numbers of the banks. This article discusses
regarding the terrorism as well as state surveillance regarding the criminal and hackers. It also
discusses regarding the privacy of the phone, tablet and camera. This article discusses regarding
the privacy as well as private life. In this particular segment, the author discusses regarding the
state level surveillance and it is responsible for increasing the number of documents of scholar
and researchers. Garbela David mentions that WebCam is installed in some private spaces like
bedrooms and bathrooms. It violates the privacy policies of digital media. In this article, it also
discusses regarding the cultural and philosophical consideration of the privacy. In this section,
the author mentions, Ubuntu says that privacy becomes more complex. It also describes
regarding the cultural transformations regarding the privacy (Chou, 2020). This article discusses
regarding the ethical pluralism regarding the privacy. In this article author does not discuss
regarding the cyber-security threats.
In this article, the author discusses regarding the ethical pluralism and it is discussed
regarding the privacy of the private life (Segado-Boj & Díaz-Campo, 2020).

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