Essay On Privacy Has A Politics

“Privacy has a politics.” This phrase can have different meanings to different people. In an excerpt titled “Privacy Has a Politics” from the article “Alone Together,” Sherry Turkle says this and explains her point with information pointing to the potential invasion of privacy. This phrase can simply mean that our information is not as private as we believe it is. First, there is a general belief that we are always being watched. Second, there is the knowledge of our information on the Internet being open to everyone. Finally, there’s the topic of putting information out there willingly. “We are being observed all the time anyway, so who needs privacy?” The author quotes this phrase in the third paragraph to bring up the conversation of always …show more content…
She also goes to say, “When they talk about the Internet, young people make a disturbing distinction between embarrassing behavior that will be forgiven and political behavior that will get you into trouble.” She continues in the same paragraph by quoting a teenager. “One eighteen-year-old puts it this way: ‘It [the Internet] definitely makes you think about going to a protest or something. There would be so many cameras. You can’t tell where the pictures could show up.’” This is another example of how stuff you put out there is contributing to an invasion of privacy and the phrase “privacy has a politics.” “Privacy has a politics” means different things to different people. Sherry Turkle’s article “Alone Together” has an excerpt titled “Privacy Has a Politics” and this and explains her point with information pointing to privacy not being as private as we believe. There is the belief that we are always being watched. The Internet does not keep our information as private as we think. Every photo or video we post publicly also contributes to the invasion of