Monday, April 15, 2013

Privacy??


In today's world our privacy is a major thing in our life, with all the things we put on our social networks, all the things we text, and all the E-mails we send. But, in today's world, the documentation of our every move and every desire is becoming increasingly inescapable. According to Rowan, "anybody who is using any kind of electronic device is giving up the practical ability to be untrackable."
     With Facebook launching the new Home app, this issue of privacy has been brought up. They say that "Technology seems to be moving ever closer to a world where every aspect of our existence is recorded, both at our will and not, and Keen argues that humans are not ready for this, this ability "to press the rewind button on your life". I agree with this statement, that humans in general are not ready for every little move they make to be recorded. To me that is a major problem, because if we don't have privacy then what do we have that's our own? I mean if someone knew every move I made every little thing I did, that would just be plain weird and not to mention wrong!! Privacy is a thing that no one else should have a right to violate. I bet the people that are pushing towards this "no privacy" thing wouldn't want us knowing every little move they've made.
     In the article, they say that "pervasive is the power of internet giants that the U.S. government launched an official "National Data Privacy Day" -- a drive to raise awareness among teenagers and young adults about the importance of maintaining what little privacy they may have left." In the Article they say that now a days not many people try and keep stuff as private as they did a couple years ago like Facebook information, stuff like that. Maybe that's one of the reasons that privacy is starting to become a thing of the past. To me.. Privacy is a major thing in my life that I would like to keep. I don't want anyone else knowing all my business and my every move.


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