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Smart phones have become a major part of daily life. They allow people all around the world to communicate with each other instantly. Smart phones enable people to access all the information they need in mere seconds using the Internet. Most people go about their days without any worry while using their smart phones. Smart phones have been a tool by the public for many years now, but they have also been used as a tool for something a little more nefarious.

“More than three billion people worldwide now use the internet (Time), and 80 percent of them access if from their smartphones” (Smart Insights). A smartphone is a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, and much more. There is an abundant amount of smartphone brands out there in the world and while they all cost different prices, they all perform the same job. Each person uses their smartphone for various reasons, whether it’s for work or to make calls or texts. Smartphones have changed society in various ways, both good and bad. Although countless individuals think that smartphones have ruined American society, smartphones have actually benefited society because of more safety precautions, information on hand, and entertainment.

With the seemingly exponential propagation of inexpensive digital communications technologies over recent years, the general public is becoming more aware of the issues surrounding information privacy and government surveillance in the digital age. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a smart-phone has to be wary of how they use their private information for fear of that information being collected and used in a way contrary to their wishes. "Leaky" smartphone apps that transmit private information across the internet can be unethically used by government agencies. The issue of privacy is a balancing act; the public usually wants increased privacy and the government usually wants increased access.

Over the last four decades, mobile devices have become the trademark of our society.cell phones and other mobile devices have inundated our society At any given time; we can see drivers talking or texting in a moving vehicle. According to Brenner (2013), 87% of American adults and 78% of teenagers own a cell phone. The scary part is that almost two-thirds of

Technology is the new Herpes around the world. What if technology did not exist? Would the world be great and evolving? What about jobs? Would one be communicating and viewing data with a business in China? Would one be viewing crimes in Mississippi while lying on the couch without technology? Could one find Nebraska on a map in 0.4 seconds? Would one have unlimited access to data? Geospatial technology serves a purpose to the community and several professions. Law enforcer’s currently/will/could use geospatial technology to organize, visualize, and compare.

Almost everyone in the United States has a smartphone with a camera. The cameras on smartphones are also not as safe as we think. As said in an article by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan titled That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker, “Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks – and this data is particularly treasured by police departments and online advertisers”. This is an example how the government can access even our smartphones. They can get private information on you if they pleased violating our right to privacy. Every year, private companies spend millions of dollars developing new services that track, store and share the words, movements and even thoughts of their customers” states Paul Ohm in the article titled That’s No Phone. That’s My

Location is one of the biggest privacy issues we are dealing with today. Social media is the biggest example of having issues with location. When downloading or updating any app notifications pop up and most people just agree to them and not actually read it. “...When users attempt to download apps or media from the

Today, we can send information all over the world instantly; however movement and activities can be tracked through computers and cell phones. With new and improved technology, it can improve lives, increase public safety, build wealth and promote efficiencies in how we use scarce resources. Researchers,

In today’s society, the use of mobile devices has taken over our lives in every way possible.

In this article Evans summarized privacy law in the American workplace, and also scholar Mathew Finkin painted a dramatic picture of the surveillance under which many many American employee work. Moreover, Finkin mentioned in this article that 34% of American employee are monitored continuously with regard to their email and internet usage privacy. In addition, He also pointed that The problem of employee privacy and productivity becomes more significant as the boundaries between formal and informal places of work blur. Employee monitoring can also be conducted in other ways that were not possible until very recently. For example, some cellular telephones have built in global positioning systems that enable employers to track the

The modern GPS can be very useful if someone gets lost or if they don’t know where they are going but it also has some downside. The GPS could give away the users information by turning on the location so

If this doesn’t scream an invasion of privacy, I don’t know what does. This is the exact type of thing that is portrayed in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen-Eighty Four’. The government has the ability to see where we are all the time just through the apps on our phones, just like the telescreens in the novel.

Today’s technology-based society is plagued with an over abundance of mobile devices. These devices now control our homes, our transportation, and our

I. Introduction: What if every cell phone in the world crashed? How would society communicate? How would one know when someone’s birthday is without getting a notification for it? Some people wouldn’t even know when to get up each morning. Thirty years ago, these questions would be easily answered, but it would have taken separate resources to solve each issue. Most tasks nowadays, however, are done by using this single device. The overuse of cell phones in modern day society has caused quite

The concern about privacy on the Internet is increasingly becoming an issue of international dispute. ?Citizens are becoming concerned that the most intimate details of their daily lives are being monitored, searched and recorded.? (www.britannica.com) 81% of Net users are concerned about threats to their privacy while online. The greatest threat to privacy comes from the construction of e-commerce alone, and not from state agents. E-commerce is structured on the copy and trade of intimate personal information and therefore, a threat to privacy on the Internet.