Blog# 4 - Privacy

 

Adults always tell you when you're younger to be careful with certain things you post on social media. "Post what you want your mom to see.” It acts as a reminder to help you think about the consequences of sharing something you wouldn't want other people to see, like your mom.  It's a saying from when I was younger that has truly stayed with me because my parents would never want me to share anything too personal or unacceptable that may damage my reputation or that of my family. Growing up, I was also constantly reminded by my three older brothers to avoid posting anything I didn't want other people to see. 

The TedTalks really emphasizes how scary it can be for all of us. The government and other websites that have so much of our information. Juan Enriquez and Catherine Crump really dive deep into the real importance of protecting our information.

Juan Enriquez explains in the TedTalk “Your Online Life, Permanent as a tattoo” that explains how your Internet perception can leave a long impression on yourself. Even if you delete something no matter if you delete it or remove it it remains online forever. As the TED talk gets further more into detail he really talks about electronic tattoos because when you get a tattoo, it’s there forever.

In her TedTalk, "How revenge porn turns lives upside down," Catherine Crump explains how police are tracking the locations of individuals while watching their actions using modern video surveillance, including technologies on our cell phones that function as trackers and can scan license plates. Innocent people can be used for things like profiling and blackmail, as demonstrated in the TedTalk. Catherine uses a lot of the data given in the TED talk to support her argument that restrictions are required to stop police from keeping information about innocent people. To protect our privacy while permitting legal utilization of technology. 

Privacy issues affect my friends and my family because there could be personal information, theft, identity, and loss of control with someone’s life that could happen in my family. Growing up being told to be careful what you post I think really helped me growing up. I think the government should take more appropriate steps to protect individuals' privacy. This includes maybe direct regulations on certain data usage or making certain companies have a stricter policy.