Technology and Privavy

This chapter describes the various ways in which our personal privacy is compromised by the digital explosion.

The right to privacy is granted to all American citizens under the fourth amendment. However, this rule doesn’t seem to apply to us anymore in modern times. The main purpose of technology and the internet are to give people more ‘freedom’, and to connect us with the world much faster. But this freedom comes with a price; that is privacy. Privacy is being invaded in numerous ways through everyday devices since an enourmous are being surveillanced. The use and advancements of technology has invaded privacy greatly because of social media and trackers on people’s everyday devices, therefore citizens should be educated on technology use. A main reason that tech surveillance is an invasion to privacy is because of the use of social media.

Technological advancements have effected humans in many different ways from texting to the creation of monsters. Even though some technological advancements may at first seem to positively impact society, once they progress to interfering with the greater good of human beings the progress becomes negative.

A smart, scholarly and skillful author named Aldous Huxley once said “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards”. The advancement, improvement and the wrong use of technology has affected the world in a really negative way. When technology first started to improve and become more advanced was during the WW1 and WW2, which caused the most destructive wars in human history. For example the wrong use of technology led the Americans to produce one of the most destructive bombs that killed about more than 80,000 innocent people in Japan, Nagasaki. Another perfect example could be the production of nuclear weapons and missiles in Russia and Iran, which are made to eventually be used in another

“Such large-scale data mining and analytics-based on the information available in public records, consumer surveys and the like-are perfectly legal;” (Singer, p 424). The reporter chooses to interview Julie Brill, a Federal Trade Commission member, she voices her concerns on how data brokers are disclosing personal information they collect, using it and sharing it with others. It’s especially concerning if the costumer is pregnant or diabetic. Another source from the reporter found that Federal authorities are not prepared to handle this kind of situation due to companies trying to collect and sell sensitive financial and health information that is nearly invisible to the public. The good side of the database is that the company worked with the government, providing hijackers information from the September 11, 2001 incident, where 11 out of 19 were found. Acxiom has consumer data products that offer hundreds of details on how corporate clients can buy individual or household information for marketing

Every individual is entitled to the right of privacy and measures should be taken to address these issues in the new technology. An advanced technology can be very useful if properly handled and controlled, but it also presents huge damage risks if misused. On the other hand, privacy can be described as the ability of not exposing an individual in any way to others without his consent.

Technology is currently changing our privacy in the digital age and the implications that has for our private information. The digitization of our life plays a major role in how much privacy we should expect. The digital era has brought new technology to collect, store, and analyze data all with the click of a button. This means that our data is not as private as it used to be when technology was not storing our data. Having something public means something completely different than it did 20 years ago. Today, all of our information is available publicly online and to a wider audience than ever before. With this exponential increase in technology, many have been looking for ways that they can protect their privacy. This essay hopes to explore a multitude of different ways one privacy can be compromised, such as hacking of companies or web tracking. It will also examine ways to protect one’s privacy. Technological innovation brings with it new challenges and questions about privacy in a landscape dominated by increased software use around the globe.

The evolution of technology has changed society in both positive and negative ways. People all over the world use and benefit from modern technology. Technology has simplified the access to many tools people need in education, medicine, communication, transportation, etc. However, using it too often has its drawbacks as well. In most cases, the time of finishing projects is cut by more than half with the help of technology. Many people do not realize that technology has its negative affects society as well, and its rapid advances has changed life for worse in a number of different ways.

Imagine someone told you that every bit of personal information you have exchanged with an individual or company through any digital interface such as the internet, cell phone, GPS devices, and electronic payment systems has been piled upon millions of other people’s personal information in datasets that are unfathomably large and incomprehensible to any human mind. Would you believe it? What if the same individual continued to tell you that these data sets are “mined” using complex algorithms to discover subtle patterns, correlations, and relationships among citizens? That may sound pretty far-fetched. You may be astonished to learn just how real this data collection is, and the extent to which the compiled information is being used for

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty,” (Angelou). Seeing the outcome is being misled by what is right in front of your face. But if you really look, see with depth, all the labor and quality of the work put into a result, you have the key components to judge that outcome far beyond just black and white. Technology is what you make of it, depending on your usage. But if you make use of all the benefits of technology, not just use it to escape boredom or as a distraction, you can find how much science inspires humanity and empowers brains to make a society better as a whole. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the author displays a slippery slope and overuse of technology, but instead, if the people used temperance, the technology could have succored them and allowed them to use their intuition and intellect to turn technology into an item used to engage and dream up creativity. While most people believe that technology has taken a turn for the worst and destroyed imagination; ultimately with responsibility and prudence, technology can connect mankind, create innovation, and oblige people to imagine inventions that allow us to empower and strengthen everyone.

There is much to the discussion of privacy which can be traced back hundreds of years, and directly correlates with the improvement and invention of technology. As it stands today technology has evolved to the point of complete transparency in anyone’s life. The debate over this being a positive or a complete violation of our rights can be quite controversial. This is only made more so with the domestic and global issues that feed fuel to the fire. However, there are steps to protect yourselves and movements that aim to defend and safeguard your privacy in the works already.

How does advanced technology influence our life and community?In 21 century, technology and human areclosely linked.Concurrently,the advanced of technology confirm the truth of human civilization development from begins until now.Technology assist in our life,but with another hand the advanced of technology also impact on bad influence.

Typically, spyware is found within freeware and stays on one’s hard drive where it continually tracks the user’s actions and routinely sends back information harvested. The gathered data is usually used for advertising and marketing purposes, but users still can’t control what data is collected. If one wishes to remove this, usually the software install must be uninstalled as well. The uses of some of these tracking methods are controversial, but tracking consumers’ activities without their consent is unethical and should be considered illegal.

The gathering of personal data does unfortunately also have many benefits for both the consumers and business, but when used dishonorably they can become very concerning and harmful to the actual consumer. However, consumers who do visit these websites and then knowingly consent to allow that corporation to collect their personal data for marketing purposes has been proven to benefit all parties involved. By doing this it allows the specific company be able to follow interests and purchases of the customer and then to provide these customers with personalized advertisements and recommendations that may increase the possibility that the consumer will spend more with the business. It also benefits the customer by providing them with specific goods and services that could in the long run, increase their quality of life and that they may not have known about otherwise. It also can create a better customer knowledge for the particular consumer by

Many, if not most, online shoppers and surfers are not aware of the extent of how much and what kind of info can be gathered about a person, even someone who is just visiting and not shopping or