It is scary to think about how much people can find out about us just by searching on the internet. It's even scarier to think about how people can track your every move, which Dunkin Donuts you went to get your coffee coolatta from your credit card, or the amount of times you watched "how to moon walk" on YouTube because you made a bet with a friend that you could.
But for some reason, I am not as upset as I thought I would be when I found out how much was actually being tracked of me. I think deep down, we all knew the world was like this. We've heard many stories about privacy on the news, and we've learned about online tracking and hacking issues from our classes. I still think it's a big deal that all of our personal information is accessible by strangers anywhere in the world. But because I did grow up with the idea of sharing my information online and using online banking with credit cards, I am not as against or shocked about this as the older generation.
Angela, I think it might be easier for your generation to accept the amount of information collected about them and how it is used. My generation believed people only knew about us as much as we shared, now with technology there is so much information collected about us it makes me feel very vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteI think that even with growing up in a generation where it is common to put personal information online or a place for someone to access it, it should not be used against us. People buy things online all the time and put in their credit card numbers, but others should not be allowed access to information like that.
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