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    One of the main issue that has been created by the digital age has been about privacy and confidentiality. Before, there were only physical copies of anything and everything that could be recorded and it took a lot of effort and time to share or spread information that were in such state. But since, the dawn of the digital age we have started storing and sharing our information through digital medium for better efficiency and effectiveness. However, this has exposed us to the risk of our information being misused, mishandled or even hacked. I agree that physical copies could be misused, mishandled and stolen but it cannot be done remotely and perpetrator/thief can be identified (no confidentiality). A good example could be of New York Times not releasing the full tax return of Donald Trump while hacker group Anonymous releases thousand of Pentagon top secret documents behind the confidentiality provided by the internet. So new media is really scary place if you are sensitive of your personal information/items being misused. We see pictures of celebrities being leaked that were supposed to be and people berating others using the confidentiality that internet provides.

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