This week’s bring the new topic in discussion and I am eager to share the details with you all. What I have found most interesting is the movie “Snowden” and rest of the reading and listening materials are sufficient to understand the drawbacks of the modern technology.
Starting from the movie “Snowden”, I have found the story quite interesting and this movie as a whole gives a different concept to the audience in order to understand that what we actually see or assume is not actually happening in the real world. The person Edward has been shown as a whistleblower. Why he choose to become a whistleblower? Because while working within the system he find some of the matters unethical that the government was applying on the general public and he thought that this should be stopped or at least the people should have known about it. He moved to Hong Kong and there is with the help of a journalist planned this whole thing. The most interesting part of the movie beings when Snowden is still with the programme, he is using the traditional dark arts of spy craft, cosying up to the banker and blackmailing him in order to help trace the Saudi money.
This movie has given us all a lesson if we understand it and can be taken as an eye opening fact that no matter what you are doing, how many privacy policies you apply or whatever you do. Whole of your life is being captured by the government. Some people might argue that the government is not doing the right thing but I think that if the government is doing this then it must be for our own privacy in real manner. I mean did you ever get a call from any of the agency when they find you cheating on your girlfriend and threat you to stop doing so? Of course not! Because that’s not what their business is. There major concern is with the security of their country and when the agencies find anything fishy about a person then they take actions. So, my question to you all is Will you prefer a private life or a secure life?
Coming towards the reading materials like “Hacking Forgeries”, “The Messy Media Ethics Behind the Sony Hack”, “5 Worst Data Hacks”. All of these articles are showing the data hacking that have been made in order to make some black money or to publically hit a reputable person. After reading these articles, I felt so sorry for the people who have faced such miserable situations. Still I think that every person either a general man or a politician or even a movie star, each and every person holds the right to have some private life and no one has to interfere in their personal affairs. The technology is not making the advancements so that we should use it to destroy the lives of people. The main reason is to make ease for the people.
For this week’s news article, I have found this article in favor of my discussion that how we can make a positive sue of technology and can prevent the hacking.
https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/hacker-prevention
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I liked this post. I’d prefer a private life than at secure life because I don’t need security to follow what goes on in my life through my digital devices. I know that their efforts in technology stalking have advanced due to how long ago this happened. I would like for no one to have access to things I feel should be private and personal like my webcam, pictures and etc.
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Hello, you make a great point with the privacy and security aspect. I have mentioned before that I have been on the fence about how I feel about it but I think overall, it is more for the security and the privacy we really want. You’re right, they aren’t spilling secrets of who cheats on who or the little things in our lives. They do however, primarily act on death threats and things like that. So, when put in that aspect I think I could understand the logic with it. I think I prefer a more secure life… I want to be safe in an overall aspect.
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Great post! You bring up a very good question with the private vs secure life debate. Personally I think I rather have more of a private life because this country was built on us being able to do what we want with privacy as long as we aren’t hurting anyone. But that being said I definitely think that there needs to be a standard for a secure life too. If someone is a full blown terrorist then I think they should be subject to a little surveillance to make sure they aren’t doing anything terrible.
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Very well written post! Your ideas worked well with this weeks topic and the idea about how if you would prefer a private life over a secure life I agreed with very much. Yes by the government being able to spy on us all the time they will be able to keep us more safe from any threats that might occur. On the other hand I feel that It violates our privacy and that right to be secure when we are alone.
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I like your question. I can never make my mind up with that question because like most people probably said as well. The reason I can’t make up my mind is because I believe that we have to give up a little privacy for security. I understand the idea behind people saying that if you have nothing to hide then you shouldn’t be worried but I also understand that it’s not a valid argument because people should have a right to know. I think that it is wrong especially if the spying is being used to gain an upper hand in negotiations or manipulations by the Government .
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