Privacy Online & Off

 

• How do these issues affect you? You friends and family

        

 Technology affects us everyday more than most of us realize. It is our main form of communication so naturally there will be affected one way or another. More specifically it harms people's livelihoods and careers. Everything we say or do can be pulled from our phones and used against us. Growing up my family would always emphasize the importance of what you say online, call or text. These are issues I had to be extremely aware about because of growing up with technology. My parents are very suspicious about technology and our phones, probably even more on the paranoid side. Whereas my friends I would say are pretty careless, they are used to technology and don't think twice about what they post or text. Carelessness has become an increasingly worse problem overtime regarding my generation. Anything that has been recorded or said through a phone and ruins your life in an instance.  

• What should the government be doing about these issues?

       

The government has always wanted control over its citizens. They want power and our privacy is unethical and morally wrong. In a Ted Talk there was the mention of how the British Prime Minister wanted to be able to see everything on peoples phones. The government does not need to see every little thing someone says or does. Humans have a right to privacy and we shouldn't have to fight for our right to be left alone. As long as you are not causing harm to yourself or others then I do not see a reason the government has to listen to any and all conversations. 

• What can we do to protect ourselves from invasions of our privacy?
  
Limit what we say on our phones, especially with social media, and texts. Have all of the tracking features turned off in order to reduce the data the government has on you. Ultimately people cannot protect themselves completely from invasions of privacy and the government. It is our job to make sure we monitor everything we say or do to the best of our abilities with such advanced technology.