Sunday, September 15, 2013
In Lanier's "Who owns the future" we read about the future of technology and how it has taken over our society. It is interesting how we words some of his ideas and his thoughts about privacy being taken away from us. Who owns the future is it us? Is it the government and are they slowly taking our privacy from us without us knowing? Websites like google plant cookies onto your computer so they know what to advertise to us, is this fair? I personally do not like that something is keeping track of what websites I go to. It is an interesting idea, but as we move into the future it will slowly continue to increase as a problem for us. When does the line get crossed and when do these things stop happening. Technology has changed the way all of us think and act, and now we need to be more careful than ever with what we post or decide to put online because we do not know who could be watching.
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I do agree that it is painful losing privacy every day. On the flip side, a lot of information that is made public is of no importance to anyone and individuals are not exactly being judged or criticized by them. I do believe that it is perfectly acceptable because tracking user information has become a great source of revenue and stimulus for companies such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon; which we all benefit from growth.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely can be a scary thought to know that someone is watching over your shoulder whenever you use the internet. It doesn't bother me as much as most though. In my opinion, if you have nothing to hide why worry about others seeing what you do on the internet? Google has seen and tracked every single thing entered into their search engine since its existence and vastly improved their product with the information gathered. Another example is the way Amazon uses your searches to offer related items. That has been an extremely profitable idea for them. I guess all I am saying is that it is part of the beast and it isn't changing as long as it is profitable.
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