Saturday, February 26, 2011
Blog #6 "Big Brother"
Even today in our society i can understand how someone would relate the book 1984 to life in the present. Corporations use information we put up on the internet everyday to label us into certain groups and aim their advertisements at us. We're simply one number out of a group. A lot of this information we're not even aware is being released. Unlike in 1984, we are not being forced to give up our right to privacy, we're handing it over because in some cases it gives us a sense of security. I agree that in some circumstances we must sacrifice a little bit of privacy for more security but not to the extent it is taken. The only way to keep our private life, private, is to limit and pay attention to what we are releasing to "Big Brother" via the internet and other means of technology.
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I also related "Big Brother" to corporations and how we freely give away our information. It's too bad that most people don't even realize they are doing it.
ReplyDeleteI agree: "in some cases we must sacrifice a little bit of privacy for more security, but not to the extent it is taken." 100% true!!
ReplyDeleteI like how you said we are just handing it over,which is right! There are many people that will put everything on the internet which is not a good move. I think people do not always understand that everything is available on the World wide web and you gotta pay attention
ReplyDeleteYea I agree that we might have to give up some privacy for security, but it shouldn't be taken it should be voluntarily given up.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea of how we are a number in a system. I cannot help but think of SS numbers used as identification. My mind is going a mile a minute with connections to prison cell number in -Les Mis,- draft card number in -Hair,- and the numbers in -Lost.- I'm a music/tv junkie, so bear with me as I figure out a more concrete connection.
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