This week we touched on the topic of that of cell phones and how much privacy we do and don’t have.. in this case, we clearly have none but we think we do. We watched the movie Snowden, read articles such as ” How long til hackers start faking leaked documents”, “5 worst data hacks” and ect. All along the theme of technology, hacking, and how vulnerable we really are to technology and the data it possesses. In the movie Snowden, The leading actor Is a CIA agent and he has seen all the in’s and out’s of the operations. They could track anyone and know everything about them, their friends, family and all in a matter of seconds. They can read your text messages, emails, your social media posts along with private messages. They could also have control of your camera on computers without you, the user, having to turn it on. He thought all this tracking and knowing every information was about preventing terrorist attacks, bombs, and national threats.. but instead he found that it was also about economic and social control and they have all the information about regular citizens, not just ” bad people.” H decided to leak all this information to journalists and is then considered a traitor and is essentially a fugitive from the law. 

In the movie, it shows that the government and the CIA can basically see and track everything you’re doing. It can see all messages, emails, your web camera (live), and they can see who you’ve talked to and everything that you’ve posted. Basically your entire life. Now in the movie his girlfriend tries making the argument that she has nothing to hide.. however that is a lie essentially. Everyone does whether they admit it or not. You wouldn’t give someone all your credit card information right? or see private photos? It is about the security of your life and privacy.  The government claims they do this to provide security to others and to the nation.. or do they cross the line to what is essentially private ? An example of crossing the line is being able to hack the camera off computers and see you without consent or knowledge. I think a lot of us don’t realize that we are vulnerable when it comes to technology. None of us really have that privacy we think we have.. instead were secretly exploited without our knowledge. I am uneasy about this because on one hand I think it’s important to have security when it comes to serious threats but on the other I would like my privacy and things kept out of view of others.. I now keep a post-it note on my laptop because of this movie. 

In the article “How long til hackers start faking leaked documents” discussed how hackers leak private and sensitive information out to the world and exposing them… the next step is what if they alter that information before leaking it? As if leaking information isn’t bad enough.. false information is way worse and could have very dangerous and bad impacts. The other article is “5 worst data hacks”It talks about breaches and hacks with yahoo accounts, the Marriott, friend finder networks, and Equifax. No one is safe.

News: Here is link to more information about hacking and cyber information.