In Rebecca Solnit’s article, “Easy Chair” I realized that we do not have privacy at all if we use the technology and take care of our things online on the Internet. The article Poison Apple made me realize that we do not have privacy at all if we use technology. For example, Rebecca Solnit mentioned, “Google is the world’s biggest advertising company, watching you on nearly every website you visit’’ (Solnit 5). This passage demonstrates how technology has been part of everyday human's life. Google knows everything about everyone’s interests and it can share this information with its partnerships and use it for their benefits.…
When Alter states that “for centuries, reading has largely been a solitary and private act” (3) she is making the kind of leap in logic and generalization that is exaggerated. There is simply no way of proving that reading has been a private act for centuries. Given the existence of events like public readings, performances of plays, and other art forms that bring words into the public sphere, it seems an exaggeration to suggest that reading has “largely” been anything at all over such a large time span. Suggesting that reading has been private nearly exclusively, however, frames Alter’s argument for revised policy guidelines when it comes to the privacy of data collection in e-books in a much more dire light; one that requires quick action than a more even-keeled rhetorical approach would dictate. Furthermore, Alter also manages to intersperse quotes that help amplify the perceived significance of the essay’s stance, relying on a cyber security expert’s overblown comment to make it seem as though data collection through e-books could be a massive infringement of our privacy rights: “’there are a gazillion things that we read that we want to read in private,’ Mr. Schneier says” (22).…
In Kiki Kannibal: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Sabrina Rubin Erdely discusses the tragic situations Kiki went through after she began expressing herself on MySpace and literally started living an online life. The main question that arise from Kiki’s story is that where is the balance between free speech and privacy online. The lines between private property and public realm are progressively becoming fainter and weaker as more individuals becomes connected through the internet. In Rachel Kadish’s article Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming, the important point she makes is that, "If your face isn't private property, what is?"…
The world has registered huge technological intricacies concerning about social media. There are no contentions that the thrilling defect elevated to an extent that created the ethical issues governing social media. With increased usage of the social media for purposes other than personal affections, the question of privacy and confidentiality has been much highlighted by experts. Whereas the social media gives individuals the platform to publish and or share whatever they have in mind, there are expectations of limitations as to the extent to which personal information could be shared within these platforms.…
Do you enjoy the freedom of doing what you want, not being judged? The article, “Could you Become a Mean Meme” by Kristin Lewis Discusses how anything you post can be seen by almost everyone, even if you have privacy settings set to only your friends seeing it. Two more articles, “How Private is Your Private Life” by Andrea Rock, and “The Privacy Debate” by Arthur M. Ahalt state that no matter what you are doing, whether it's going out to eat or your online looking for a recipe, you are always giving out personal information to strangers. With this in mind, we can take a look at how the internet has both a positive and negative impact. “Today, many aspects of our lives take place digitally..”…
Borrowing the genre of melodrama, Almodóvar’s award-winning film, All About My Mother (1999), features transgender and post-queer study of sexuality. Apart from presenting two pre-op transgenders, the film renders a variety of “abnormal” intimate relationships, including the protagonist, Manuela’s family without a father, Huma’s ultimately failed lesbian relationship with Nina, and the family formed at the end of the film, constituted by Manuela, Rosa’s baby, and queer girlfriends. These unusual forms of intimacy disturb the hereto-sexist institutions, e.g. marriage and family. Portraying gender, sexuality, and identity as unfixed, the film mocks the conventional perception by interweaving the theatrical performance with the real life: On the one hand, the fixity and stereotype of femininity and masculinity are fostered by cinematic representations, exemplified by Hollywood productions; On the other hand, the reference to…
The 21st century is often referred to as the era of information. This is due to the radical amount of social networking that takes place on a day to day basis. This includes everything from Facebooking your close friends to googling answers for that last minute history assignment. Information is constantly being streamed onto the internet and it only takes a matter of seconds to go viral. The question is then raised, are privacy rights being violated and if so who is to blame?…
In contrast, in our modern society the citizens are in fact tracking themselves by constantly updating their location and posting their every thought on twitter and Facebook. The modern world does not seem concerned with hiding their thoughts and feelings because everyone is posting updates constantly because they want other people to know what they are doing at all times. Ian Crouch writes in “So Are We Living in 1984?” that “the notion that one’s personal digital messages would remain inviolably private forever, or that they would not be saved or stored was probably naïve” (Crouch).…
With the technological advances in today’s day and age, it has become so much easier to gather information about others, especially people you don't know. In just the click of a button one can find out a stranger’s family details, hometown, friends, and lately, even birthdays. The spread of social media has permitted easy access to a wide range of individuals, who you may be surprised even use social networking sites such as Twitter. It’s like everyone’s been given freedom to roam even the emptiest corners of the internet. Journalists, especially, use the vast internet to their benefit.…
In our modern day society, individuals are actively on the internet, exposing themselves in every aspect unknowingly. We are oblivious to who is watching and collecting our information. Many of us are oblivious to how far the government is willing to go to uncover any secrets or imminent threats. In Peter Singer’s essay, Visible Man, we explore how we have currently encircled ourselves in an environment that calculates our every choice and action because we constantly reveal our information. Singer explains how we have deliberately invited the government into our private lives.…
Assignment Submitted By Yours Name here Submitted To Yours Instructor Name here To Meet the Needs of the Course Nov., 2015. For this rhetorical analysis task, I have selected the article which is titles as Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have Nothing to Hide, written by Daniel J. Solove.…
“They are like so many cages, so many small theatres, in which each actor is alone, perfectly individualized and constantly visible”(Foucault, par. 9). Social networking sites are the metaphorical prison cells of a virtual community. However, we still have the ability to choose, or at least limit, our ‘guards’ by changing our profiles’ privacy settings. Inside these metaphorical cells, we are under the inescapable gaze of the public.…
Through technology people have been sharing most of their life on the internet for the past years. Indeed, whether it is on Facebook, Myspace, Instagram or any other platform, sharing every details of their lives has been part of the routine for most people. However, when people know too much it can lead to many consequences. Indeed, in his book The Circle, Dave Eggers suggests that being ashamed of a previous event or the past due to sharing everything to everyone and having no privacy, leads to the loss of identity. To begin, Eggers shows through characterization that people’s shame leads to the loss of true self.…
Technology has created a false comfort in the public domain. We feel free to share everything on our Instagram and Twitter and express who we want to be; however, we are not truly secure. The internet is a mysterious realm that most people do not understand, and what you post, retweet or share is not kept private. Turkle discusses this through a memory she has with her grandmother. In this memory, she details how her grandmother grew up in Germany at a time when they would spy on your mail to see what you were up to and it frightened her.…
Social media is a network of companies, such as Twitter and Instagram, where a person can share and interact with people across the globe. It is supposed to be a safe place to post things like pictures from life experiences. Since these applications are connected to the Internet, once something is posted it is there forever. Even if it was deleted, the company where it was posted keeps a record of it. Furthermore, just because the account is set as private, it does not mean it is hidden from everyone’s eyes.…