Privacy, Online & Off
Technology allows us to connect with people from all over the world. However, sometimes technology doesn't allow us to choose who we want to connect with and share our information with. Online privacy is a massive issue within our digital society today. Some information we ourselves expose to the outside world, while other information is leaked to the outside world without us even knowing. I watched three separate TED talks about how our online privacy isn't as secure as we would imagine it to be.
The first TED Talk video I watched was called "Your Online Life, Permanent as a Tattoo". In this TED Talk, Juan Enriquez talks about just like tattoos, your social media profiles speak for themselves. People can make judgments and assumptions about the type of person who is based upon what is posted on your online profiles. Enriquez calls our social media profiles, electronic tattoos. These electronic tattoos are based upon the information we voluntarily expose and information that social media platforms pry out of us. He explains how our electronic tattoos will continue to live on forever and will ultimately never die. This TED talk video taught me that in order to secure your privacy, you need to keep a close eye on it. Social media platforms do not think or care about your online privacy. It is our responsibility to be aware of our electronic tattoos because it can ultimately tarnish our reputations. These electronic tattoos make it so easy for people to get our past and current information that can lead us to be involved in dangerous situations. I learned the importance of not making impulsive decisions when it comes to posting information on social media platforms.
The second TED Talk video I watched was called "The Small and Surprinsgly Dangerous Detail The Police Track About You". This TED Talk taught me all about the immense amounts of mass surveillance that is being provided to local police departments to gather tons of sensitive and private information. The government has the technology resources to be able to track where we go and who we are going with. The government has access to dates, specific times, and even pictures of your whereabouts. I learned from this TED Talk that local police departments are judging innocent people on this information, rather than only using this information to catch criminals. Law enforcement is making assumptions about people based on their private information, which I believe is completely wrong. I feel that putting all of our personal data in one big database for the government to access at any time is denying Americans privacy rights. The government should not be able to use these technology services on innocent people, they have done nothing wrong to have their privacy invaded like that. I learned the importance to always be aware of your surroundings because there is ultimately no privacy with technology.
The third TED Talk video I watched was called "How to Avoid Surveillance with the Phone in your Pocket". I found this TED talk very intriguing to me because it taught me that Apple products are actually conducted to protect our privacy and private information. I made me feel good to know that Apple is on our side, and is helping us to keep our lives private. I understand the government is mad because they believe they need the right to all our messages and phone calls for national security purposes, but I believe they should only focus on the messages and phone calls of criminals and stalkers. I feel that innocent people deserve to have their information kept private from the government. I learned from this TED talk that we as a society need to only put our information into strong networks because they are the securest option.
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