In today’s world the definition of privacy is being challenged because of the internet and the way we are use it. The internet is place where you able to share anything with the world, you can do this with sharing all the information you want about yourself or being “anonymous”. The ability to have a choice of anonymity and privacy is something that is valued on the internet According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, the definition of privacy “is the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people” ("Privacy." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2017.). Does this definition still holds true today if companies can gather information on you for marketable data and selling it to other companies.
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Brings up the idea of this is bring up how sometimes privacy can be limited act the expense of convenience. A quote that reflects how device that has the capabilities of going on the internet and uses apps like YouTube or Netflix without having the need of using other devices, but it also has another special feature eavesdropping. “Smart TVs have been found to collect a little too much data about your viewing habits and files, or simply beam eavesdropped conversations back to a manufacturer.” People can argue that recorded conversations and other forms of technology that can record people can help us find criminals. While this can be true this puts law abiding citizens at risk, last year a technology company, Apple was asked by the FBI to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino attacks and the company refused. Why would they refuse to help to lock away terrorist if they have the ability to unlock the iPhone. The Washington Post wrote an article on this topic which included Apple’s reasoning, ““We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook said in a strongly worded open letter posted late Tuesday on the company’s …show more content…
“But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.””. So Apple doesn’t want to create a Backdoor because it dangerous to everyone with an Apple device. The article also mentioned how if they accept this task then what else will they expect and users should have the right to privacy. How does this show how the definition of privacy is changing? This example shows how the government is allowed to challenge our rights as they see fit and while doing that it is hurting our right to
Brings up the idea of this is bring up how sometimes privacy can be limited act the expense of convenience. A quote that reflects how device that has the capabilities of going on the internet and uses apps like YouTube or Netflix without having the need of using other devices, but it also has another special feature eavesdropping. “Smart TVs have been found to collect a little too much data about your viewing habits and files, or simply beam eavesdropped conversations back to a manufacturer.” People can argue that recorded conversations and other forms of technology that can record people can help us find criminals. While this can be true this puts law abiding citizens at risk, last year a technology company, Apple was asked by the FBI to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino attacks and the company refused. Why would they refuse to help to lock away terrorist if they have the ability to unlock the iPhone. The Washington Post wrote an article on this topic which included Apple’s reasoning, ““We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook said in a strongly worded open letter posted late Tuesday on the company’s …show more content…
“But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.””. So Apple doesn’t want to create a Backdoor because it dangerous to everyone with an Apple device. The article also mentioned how if they accept this task then what else will they expect and users should have the right to privacy. How does this show how the definition of privacy is changing? This example shows how the government is allowed to challenge our rights as they see fit and while doing that it is hurting our right to