There have been many recent
complaints that the NSA (National Security Agency) is collecting and using
personal and confidential telephone records to investigate potential domestic criminal
offenses amongst other information. Consumers
are also concerned that social media outlets such as Facebook and Google not
only sell our personal information to government agencies but use our search
history and download information to “improve” our searches and target
advertisements to our likes.
Although this may be very true and
slightly concerning, how can we, the people posting pictures of our family and
friends while tweeting about every second of our daily lives expect anything different?
The time of sending letters or visiting friends and family is
becoming obsolete, where now we Skype our conversations or text our neighbors
instead of walking over to say hi. Where
is the balance between technology use and physical interaction? The world is relying more on technology every
day for basic needs and personal privacy is a thing of the past…if we let it
be. No one tells us to sell our
information for free or share our entire lives with everyone who has a
computer.
Also, if the government wants to find incriminating
information about an individual, they would not rely on social media posts
alone…they would endure more sophisticated surveillance activities to catch a
criminal just like they do on Law & Order.
Dun Dun!
Google and Facebook are flat-out lying about the depth to which the NSA is "hard-wired" into their infrastructure.
ReplyDeleteWant the REAL story about what the NSA is doing with your life and communications, read Freedom on the Rocks - Federal Tyranny versus Terrorism:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130620/VOICES05/306200011/My-Voice-Freedom-Rocks-federal-tyranny-versus-terrorism
Heh. 'Member when all NSA did was shoot rockets what went to the moon?
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