The issues of whether our privacy is protected online has been debatable as the internet keeps growing. Writer Nicholas Carr, moved by technology and its effect on society, argues in his essay “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Privacy” from his newest book Utopia is Creepy and Other Provocations, on the issues of privacy, specifically online privacy. Carr writes that as we go about our everyday lives, browsing online, hiding behind our computers, feeling completely anonymous, we are, however, completely unaware that our information is being collected and stored online. He claims that every keystroke, from typing to the details we provide when we shop online are all gathered and saved to the databases of corporations owning the websites. Furthermore,
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Who doesn’t love the internet, or social media? It’s amazing and easy to master, any kid can do it. I can watch videos from the around the world, talk to friends and family, shop online without having to step outside of my house. The internet is a wonderful place that can take us anywhere. Although it comes with a price, a price that cannot be paid with money, but rather with your personal information. To further explain this, let us use Google as an example. If we search for cookie recipes, for one Google will know we can’t bake cookies, and if we continue and search for men’s clothing, Google would assume that we are a male who can’t cook, of course, Google can do a better job at guessing who we are. Nevertheless, it is clearly wrong for these Companies to keep our information stored. However, some would argue that it is our responsibility to be aware of what we share online as Steve Tobak, a writer from FoxBusiness states, “why should anyone care about the privacy policies of Internet companies when they post the most intimate details of their lives on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for all the world to
Who doesn’t love the internet, or social media? It’s amazing and easy to master, any kid can do it. I can watch videos from the around the world, talk to friends and family, shop online without having to step outside of my house. The internet is a wonderful place that can take us anywhere. Although it comes with a price, a price that cannot be paid with money, but rather with your personal information. To further explain this, let us use Google as an example. If we search for cookie recipes, for one Google will know we can’t bake cookies, and if we continue and search for men’s clothing, Google would assume that we are a male who can’t cook, of course, Google can do a better job at guessing who we are. Nevertheless, it is clearly wrong for these Companies to keep our information stored. However, some would argue that it is our responsibility to be aware of what we share online as Steve Tobak, a writer from FoxBusiness states, “why should anyone care about the privacy policies of Internet companies when they post the most intimate details of their lives on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for all the world to