From Me & My Shadow from week of 10/29
We live in an era where everyone is tracked all the time and
his or her information is constantly being recorded despite whether or not that
person wants anything about him on the Internet. The only way to avoid this of
course is to never use the Internet, use a cell phone or any other device that
accesses the Internet or uses any outward communication in any way. Many people
nowadays are asking if we should allow these companies to harvest this
information and sell it without our permission. Technically they do have our
permission, but most people do not know the extent at which the information is
being used since they do not read the small print in the agreements. I want to
ask if we should care. As long as this information is secure and not given to
those who would use that information to steal from us then why would be care?
Yes the occasional annoying ad at the side your screen will appear with an item
that you looked at the day before, but are any of these ads hurting us. Our
information being sold to ad companies seems like a small price to pay for the
use of an information and connection source that gives us access to anything we
can dream of. The Internet has become an incredibly powerful resource, but one
with a price. This price is something that fights against what humans have
thought is only their right since the beginning of time. A person’s privacy
being invaded goes against everything we know, but what if we didn’t ever know
a time of privacy, then the internet would seem like a power without a cost. The
other part of this privacy is that the information that is being used only goes
to people who are trying to sell us things, this information is not going to
the people we know so again why should we care that this information is being
utilized?
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