In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell talk about how B.B watches everyone threw the telescreen, he explains how they can hear and see everything they do and that's similar in our society today with how our phones work today. They have recently discovered how when you mention something around your phone like “ Wow I could really go for some subway right now” the next add is more than likely to be a subway add. This is possible with the built in speaker/mic in today's phones.
Today's society most phones are made with brand new speakers and mics for calling and watching videos, they use the mics to hear what we are talking about and what interest us so we can grow more of a liking to them. Most people don't realize how much our phones actually interact with our lives and how helpful …show more content…
Not so long ago, “Location services company Navizon says that ITS can provide accurate tracking of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, anywhere inside a building or throughout a campus,” (DesMarais, PCWorld). This came from a website that published this article six years ago, so it is not recent. But, if we had tracking devices that gave startlingly accurate data via Wi-Fi-hotspots in the year 2012, possibly sooner, how far has technology advanced to today’s standards? Moreover, how much more access does the government have now besides the perk of being able to track, to an extant, anyone? A company names Skyhook created the software used to track Wi-Fi-enabled devices. The CEO of the company, Ted Morgan, states, “[. . .] if Skyhook sees that a device shows up at Wrigley Field four times in a season, it assumes that the person using the laptop is a sports fan. Or if a laptop or smartphone is detected several times a month, Skyhook guess that the user is most likely a business
Today's society most phones are made with brand new speakers and mics for calling and watching videos, they use the mics to hear what we are talking about and what interest us so we can grow more of a liking to them. Most people don't realize how much our phones actually interact with our lives and how helpful …show more content…
Not so long ago, “Location services company Navizon says that ITS can provide accurate tracking of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, anywhere inside a building or throughout a campus,” (DesMarais, PCWorld). This came from a website that published this article six years ago, so it is not recent. But, if we had tracking devices that gave startlingly accurate data via Wi-Fi-hotspots in the year 2012, possibly sooner, how far has technology advanced to today’s standards? Moreover, how much more access does the government have now besides the perk of being able to track, to an extant, anyone? A company names Skyhook created the software used to track Wi-Fi-enabled devices. The CEO of the company, Ted Morgan, states, “[. . .] if Skyhook sees that a device shows up at Wrigley Field four times in a season, it assumes that the person using the laptop is a sports fan. Or if a laptop or smartphone is detected several times a month, Skyhook guess that the user is most likely a business