In a world governed by technology, it is almost impossible to live without it. Every day, incessant ‘updates’ are configured on smart phones for key procedures. That includes personal banking apps and preferred selection of social networks. Our leisure time is spent ‘chilling’ on
Netflix, as opposed to enjoying the local theatre’s new production. As we encounter new technology, customary human ethics seem to be replaced, or at least is in constant decline.
Massimo Calabresi’s “The Phone Knows All” article expounds on the “global tracking system” exploited by companies and criminal investigators (Eschholz and Rosa, 579; ch. 12, par. 1). In concurrence, Joel Stein’s “Data Mining: How Companies Know Everything about You” presents a persuasive
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For example, the standard time it takes U.S. Marshals to find a fugitive has declined from forty-two days, to two (Calabresi, Eschholz and Rosa, 580; ch. 12, par. 4). On the contrary, it is evident that technology’s progression strengthens global economic greed. Joel
Stein writes, “Each of these pieces of information (and misinformation) about me is sold for about two-fifths of a cent to advertisers, which then deliver me an Internet ad, send me a catalogue, or email me a credit card offer” (Eschholz and Rosa, 569; ch. 12, par. 7). Stein’s findings also contain the methods by which our information is gathered – which includes but is not limited to; tracking devices (such as cookies), and apps you download on your cellphone
(that mine your contact list and note your location) (Eschholz and Rosa, 569; ch. 12, par.7).
According to Stein, prior to privacy contracts that we carelessly click ‘I agree’ to, “everything has seemed free”; only we’ve been paying with our information i.e. IP addresses, and personal information the whole time (Eschholz and Rosa, 569; ch. 12, par. 7).
The problem with our casual approach to technology is that its abilities develop more quickly than we are able to process its perils. Calabresi says while smartphones have
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12, par. 5). Alas, society has been consumed by technology’s expediency; falling into the trap of using social networks and cheap apps as ways of communication. “Reports showed
Arakelyan 3 that free and cheap apps were capable of everything from collecting location information to images a phone is seeing” (Calabresi, Eschholz and Rosa, 580; ch. 12, par. 6). Stein acknowledges our sacrifice of privacy in accordance with our instant access to information
(Eschholz and Rosa, 571; ch. 12, par. 10). Though the fact remains that some personal information was always public; namely, marriage records, criminal records, your home’s retail price, etc. – other information was not accessible prior to the Interweb era (Stein, Eschholz and
Rosa, 571; ch. 12, par. 10). With the introduction of the ‘click’, we can access conversations – regardless of where they took place; or follow people around (with devices that have internal
GPS programs) (Stein, Eschholz and Rosa, 571; ch. 12, par. 10).
Every kind of digital file carries invisible ‘tags’. By taking a picture you can detect the focal lengths, time and date it was taken, and camera settings. In the same way online networks like Twitter carry your home location, preferred language settings – anything that
Twenge suggests that the rates for dating have dropped immensely because people would rather stay at home on their phones rather than go out and meet new people. She notes that it statistically takes a long time for people in the iGen generation to leave their parent’s household. Doctor Twenge argues that the maturity of our generation has lowered for “18-year-olds now act more like 15-year-olds used to, and 15-year-olds more like 13-year-olds”(page 63). She also implies that people who spend immense time on social media are more likely to have mental illnesses. Twenge’s research emphasises that “Teens who visit social-networking sites every day but see their friends in person less frequently are the most likely to agree with the statements ‘A lot of times I feel lonely,’ ‘I often feel left out of things,’ and ‘I often wish I had more good friends.’
The word “privacy” has a different meaning in our society than it did in previous times. You can put on Privacy settings on Facebook, twitter, or any social media sights, however, nothing is truly personal and without others being able to view your information. You can get to know a person’s personal life simply by typing in their name in google. In the chronicle review, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide,'" published on May 15th 2011, Professor Daniel J. Solove argues that the issue of privacy affects more than just individuals hiding a wrong. The nothing-to-hide argument pervades discussions about privacy. Solove starts talking about this argument right away in the article and discusses how the nothing-to-hide
Glenn Greenwald, a talented and widely read columnist on civil liberties for the Guardian newspaper, failed in his attempt to alarm his readers to the flagrant and widespread violations of American privacy. Although his article was full of facts, documentation, and quotes from top rank officials, the article did not convey any sense of wrong doing or outrage. Rather it was dull, lacked passion and a sense of persuasion. In fact, the only attention grabbing part in the whole article is the title.
In the Engineering and Technology Journal, two engineers, Gareth Mitchell and Guy Clapperton, gave their thoughts on both sides of the privacy issue. Is gathering information violating personal privacy? They made their arguments using currency as a metaphor for personal information and online services a product. Mitchell argues the case that giving out personal information is “too high a price to pay” (Mitchell, 2013, p. 26). He says that despite the option to opt out of cookies and certain information, many sites are more covert and make their opt out option less accessible than a pop up asking to opt out. The site makes it hard for the Internet user to say no to being tracked. Mitchell warns the reader to take more consideration into what information they are giving away and that “privacy is not to be taken for granted” (Mitchell, 2013, p. 26). Getting information from the Internet would mean tra...
Carr writes “Your new phone, like your old one will become your constant companion and trusty factorum- your teacher, secretary, confessor, guru.” This example says that smartphone have become a persons best friend, and they steer us away from interaction with actual people. Carr also writes “We need to give our minds more room to think.” This example is saying that we constantly rely on our smartphones and that we need to change that and allow our minds to do work on their own. Lastly Carr writes “We love our phones for good reasons.”
“Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy,” Sarah Chalke. When using the web, web users’ information tend to be easily accessible to government officials or hackers. In Nicholas Carr’s “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty,” Jim Harpers’ “Web Users Get As Much As They Give,” and Lori Andrews “Facebook is Using You” the topic of internet tracking stirred up many mixed views; however, some form of compromise can be reached on this issue, laws that enforces companies to inform the public on what personal information is being taken, creating advisements on social media about how web users can be more cautious to what kind of information they give out online, enabling your privacy settings and programs, eliminating weblining,
Spencer, Benjamin. "Gertrude Stein: Non-Expatriate." Literature and Ideas in America. Robert Falk, ed., Ohio UP, 1975.
Levy and Wyer point out through the use of language, facts and emotional appeals that internet privacy has, is and always will be prevalent. Levy’s article has a subtle, sarcastic quality to it but gives both sides of the story and thus more neutral than Wyer’s article. Wyer is clearly opinionated regarding the government invading society’s personal queries. Although both articles give facts, Wyer’s was able to give the audience more facts to compel his audience to action whereas Levy’s did not.
phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records,
Section two (130-278) of the reading for “Terms of Service” touches on the subject of surveillance and the reputation that people obtain online.
However this new emerging technology is not without it’s issues, privacy being the biggest one of them. Ethicists and the public at large argue that if gadgets can determine your location anywhere on the planet, can they also be used to monitor you and could that information be turned against you.
Are the benefits of electronic communication at the expense of our privacy? How does the Internet affect the availability and use of our personal information? The Internet brings another dimension to the issue of privacy. Whether you are voting on-line or buying a book from Amazon.com you must consider how much personal information has been collected about you, with or without your consent, and how it can be used. Policies governing privacy on the Internet are still not clearly defined and many on-line users do not understand how the information they provide will be used. How much...
PRISM provides admittance to the servers of websites such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Apple, and other companies. Private messages sent between users are made readily available. Computer histories and cookies are also recorded. An article published by International Business Times, spoke about cookies and the NSA's use of them. Cookies collect data, and can identify a person’s unique browser (Snowden Leaks). With this information, the NSA can hack computers using special software. “The first ruling against the NSA's surveillance program was handed down in December by Judge Richard Leon of Federal District Court for the District of Columb...
That’s My Tracker.”, written by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan, indicates that the, “...tracking device that happens to make calls...” are exploiting our identities far more than we know (Maass and Rajagopalan,P.129). It was shared that cellphone carriers disclosed and “...responded 1.3 million times last year to law enforcement requests for call data...” without warrants (Maass and Rajagopalan,P.129). These reporters enlighten that all the “explosion of GPS technology and smartphone apps...” as well as “...frictionless sharing...”or “...surveillance has caught our attention so much so that it blinded us from the ugly truth (Maass and Rajagopalan,P.129). In actuality, modern technology such as cellphones and surveillance cameras allow the government to know of it 's citizens location, conversations, and actions—“...treasured by police departments and online advertisers...”(Maass and Rajagopalan,P.130). The mania of technology and “...these invasive services have proved irresistible to consumers…” writes Paul Ohm (Maass and Rajagopalan,P.129). He states that the overly advertised technology is like a magnet to consumers because it continues to be bought and sold regardless of the facts