Technology is a ubiquitous force that surrounds us on a day to day basis. It can also take on many different forms including: computers, tablets, medicine, tables, and much more. However, technology is also one of the most degrading when it comes to personal privacy. In chapter 3 of Helen Nissenbaum’s Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (2010), the overall theme of the chapter is discussing how technology is propagating personal information all over the high-tech world. The precarious outcome of these happenings are very detrimental to the state of privacy. Personal information is being taken from us every single day. Technology is infamous when it comes to privacy, and it is getting stronger and stronger as the years pass. In this essay, I will examine what Helen Nissenbaum is trying to articulate by looking at various examples including: Google maps and street view, George Bell, who works for the “wonderful” company of
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Another example Helen uses in chapter 3 relates to George Bell and his use of a microscopic camera. George Bell, an employee of the (cough*) “wonderful” company of Microsoft, took up a tiny camera upon his clothing to record his daily life. However, we do not know what he would do with these recordings. All we can presume is that it is an invasion of our personal privacy. First, he doesn’t even let anyone know that they are being recorded by his tiny device. Secondly, he works for Microsoft, enough said there. We will forever not know what the goal of George Bell was, unless it was invading privacy, then he hit that right on the bullseye. Google’s street view and George Bell’s experiment has something in common as well. We do not know if they are recording us, or even who they are, but we do know what they are both intrusive to personal
Another example Helen uses in chapter 3 relates to George Bell and his use of a microscopic camera. George Bell, an employee of the (cough*) “wonderful” company of Microsoft, took up a tiny camera upon his clothing to record his daily life. However, we do not know what he would do with these recordings. All we can presume is that it is an invasion of our personal privacy. First, he doesn’t even let anyone know that they are being recorded by his tiny device. Secondly, he works for Microsoft, enough said there. We will forever not know what the goal of George Bell was, unless it was invading privacy, then he hit that right on the bullseye. Google’s street view and George Bell’s experiment has something in common as well. We do not know if they are recording us, or even who they are, but we do know what they are both intrusive to personal