The web is not today what it was yesterday, and isn't today what it will be tomorrow. Web 2.0 is very distinctly different from it's predecessor-Web 1.0. For one thing Web 2.0 is growing at such a fast rate that it is known as Web squared.
Now that the Web 2.0 has become a sort of network that is a platform, and web applications are getting better as more people use them. There are more users and sensors online that are feeding more applications and platforms. As a result of this more opportunities are created for developers to take on real life problems. The Web has thus grown exponentially, and Web 2.0 is known as being "squared."
People now on Web 2.0 have what is known as a information shadow. Because applications on Web 2.0 get better as more people use them, they relay on "crowdsourcing" (the concept that a large group of individuals can create a collective work that has a value greater than any one individual participant) to build their applications. This information that is obtained from individuals become what is known as an "information shadow." It is the unique information that is obtained from from the information that web users post while online.
With all this data about users out there being used and managed by various applications, one can only wonder what will happen if certain application were to be hacked and the data were to fall into the wrong hands. The applications of Web 2.0 have so much collective intelligence data about users that do not necessarily get deleted, and are simply out there on the platform. This data is information on people, and could very well be dangerous if dropped into the wrong hands. We must now be aware that this possibility and risk is present.
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