The article "Online Privacy" is primarily based on the ways that modern-day websites and advertisers track our online activities to improve their advertising and knowledge of our information to better sell products. After reviewing the antecedents and many examples and opinions about it, the article focuses on the present measures being taken to aid this problem in the Congress.
The thesis successfully convinces the online users to believe their privacy is at risk and should be taken care of through the law. Throughout the article there are plenty of examples, statistics and credible sources and antecedents that explain how this privacy can affect us, the internet users. Opinions of privacy experts are found constantly, giving the article a lot of credibility. Ethos, Pathos and Logos are appeals found in the article, making it a very strong argument.
Statistics show opinions of internet users and how comfortable they feel about their privacy when websites adopt privacy policies or not, proving that older people cares the most about their online privacy. This appeals to logic. Examples appeal to credibility when citing experts from companies such as American Civil Liberties Union.
The article also takes care of counter arguments when citing social networking advocates and their pros of social networks. The author explains how while it is true that social networkers are aware that their information is being posted, they're not aware that this information is being used by advertisers and other websites under the table, which supports the thesis.
Suggestions are also useful in this article, like the tips to make your Facebook account safer, which comes in handy for the reader but also puts him on the same page as the author, identifying him with the issue.
Overall, this article gets to the point, states the issues and gives good suggestions to help to prevent this issue. I think the author did a really good job by doing all the research and writing this article. The author seems very reliable and it looks like he did a good research. Tools are well used, and the thesis is well supported throughout the article.
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