No Place to Hide
In a world where more and more information is being created, it is not surprising that there is more and more information being created about people. What is most intriguing is that, while many of us struggle with keeping up with commerical technology, there is so much being created that is kept in secret or not public knowledge. It is this technology illiteracy that can be taken advantage of because you can't guard against what you don't know is there.
TIA
It's like the ultimate search engine for people. While I think it is a good thing that this project fell through, I am not comforted. So much of what we do is automated now that we do not give it a second thought. We live in a database society and our lives function based on which ones our names appear in. The website shows that it is important to remember who you are giving your information to and why. What really bothers me though is the number of people who think it is okay to collect information about you that you don't know about or that you are not privileged to see.
"Explosion in commercial collection, use, and sharing of personal data."
Discussion Youtube Videos
Lacking the required reading video, I watched the discussion board videos. I really get the impression from these videos that the Internet is the Wild West, the lawless land. We try to put our laws into it but the virtual world is so different from the actual one that the laws do not apply. If you try to impose laws, someone will simply work around it. This is why it is so hard to maintain one's privacy.
After reading your post, I realized that I could watch the discussion videos instead. After viewing them I agree with you that the Internet is some sort of “lawless land.” It made me automatically think of how people can get away with so much through the Internet and technology. You can share, steal, burn, take information, music, film, etc. through the Internet and most people don’t even consider how they are breaking the law/they probably don’t even care. By having the ability to work around the law to gather and take whatever information one desires then I agree that it will be hard to maintain one’s privacy.
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