Topic > Technology vs Privacy - 1408

The author, Lori B Andrews, in the article “Technology and Fundamental Rights” states that “people had no right to keep them alone because now technologies could track and record what they did .”(49) Technology contributes to invading people's lives. It causes people to have no privacy. The surveillance act has been in operation since the 20th century for political and security purposes. In the book “1984”, citizens were monitored via telescreen, thought police and microphone. The government was responsible for controlling their minds. They were told what they needed to do and what they needed to be aware of. Their privacy would have completely disappeared. Nowadays, government and companies monitor people without people's consent and awareness. When people go out, they are monitored by security cameras placed in streets, shops, highways, etc. When people stay at home and surf the Internet, their tracks are recorded by companies. The more surveillance technologies that are invented, the more people's personal information is recorded. There is no way people can hide and protect their tracks. Therefore, people have no privacy. With the invention of technology, people no longer have a way to escape having their personal information monitored and exposed all the time. Every movement of people captured by security cameras and the television screen is inevitable. Living under surveillance cameras becomes part of people's lives. Citizens get used to being filmed by cameras every day. While some people don't like living under monitoring, they have no rights or ways to get away from it. People should be innate to look natural, behave well and hide evil facial expression in front of security cameras. According to George Orwell in the book... middle of paper... problem. Our privacy becomes public to governments and companies. There is no difference between today and the past. People are under the control of governments. Governments must monitor citizens and collect information about people. The citizens are prisoners. They are watched every day and live with surveillance technology. Being watched and leaking information is people's destiny. It becomes part of our life. Works Cited George Orwell. 1984. New York: New American Library:Penguin Group (USA), 1977. PrintLori B. Andrews. I know who you are and what you have done: Technology and fundamental rights. New York: Free Press, 2012. PrintLori B. Andrews. I know who you are and what you've done: George Orwell... Meet Mark Zuckerberg. New York: Free Press, 2012. Print Walter Kirn. Little brother is watching. New York Times, October 15, 2010: 2. Print