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Scavenger Hunt

Overall, my experience with the scavenger hunt was a pleasant one. It gave me the chance to collaborate and  use skills from other people. I will say that I was surprised about how quickly my group completed the work. We were able to do this thanks to technology. My group split up the work by taking pictures of the sections we needed to work on. We then created a shared Google Doc so we could quickly copy and paste the information we found. Thanks to our technology my group finished the fastest and won!


The greatest advantage of having access to this information so quickly is being able to learn information about someone. For example, if you are an employer it is valuable to look up and build a history about a person. You might want to verify a person worked on certain projects or see what their social media presence is like. Also, there is and advantage of being accessible to people. This online accessibility can also be dangerous because people could use it for nefarious reasons. People could use information collected online to stalk you. They could find out where you live, where you work and details about your family. Also, your information online could be used against in different settings. For example, things you have posted online could be used by judicial courts and be held against you. Things you have nonchalantly posted could lead into all kinds of trouble. Finally, the internet allows you to access a. aid e range of information on people but may create problems. 

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