Invasion Of Privacy

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Invasion of Privacy As the great Bill Gates says “Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments, but for private companies.” From this, one could infer that the world we live in today is changing by the production of technology improvements. When it comes to technology, many citizens have concerns towards the privacy that they may or may not have when using such devices. There is not a lot that we as humans can do with the privacy of the technology that has already been produced to customers but a change will come. Although some home …show more content…

Such as the Amazon Alexa, she is always listening for someone to say "Hey Alexa" which triggers her to assist which is an example of her listening 24/7. Citizens that use devices like these, enter as little as all of their information to these devices. As the world becomes impacted with the progressive changes of technology, then the information may be recovered from any device. "Today, people's most private information from bank records to personal correspondence and intimate photos is all accessible from a device that leaves home when they do." (Smith, …show more content…

Invasion of privacy could also have positive views, for example, with the invasion of privacy it can be seen as an acceptable way of proving criminal activities. As Clarice Swisher stated “The security flaws in wireless technology also means that hackers can enter the system and obtain information that a person makes with a financial transaction, or transfer valuable, exposing the network to a potential shift.”(22) One could assume that this is a way to catch hackers when they are trying to transfer money with fraud or even identity theft, this would lead to the authorities catching the criminals and giving them their time in jail or whatever the judge decides if they are put on trial. This would be an acceptable way where the invasion of privacy would be okay, to catch criminals and revoke from personal information to be

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