Part 1 iSpy

             Have we lost control on how information is shared? Into some extent we have become part of a digital and interactive culture that has expanded to the point of even calling our 21^st century the Information Era.  Our 21^st century has changed how information is shared between a regular citizen, the private industry and state institutions.  Privacy becomes extinct for some since it is known that marketers gather so much information about an individual than such person would have expected.  This information is gathered without our consent because we have opened our networks to these marketing companies to do it in a blink of an eye.  Google, the perfect example given in the reading gathers information of a person by locating where an individual is and advertising local stores.

               This has become a problem of the 21^st century. The entire belief of privacy disappears when we start interacting with such network.  This becomes an exception when the state takes action. For example, the Patriot Act gives the government authority to use surveillance in order to gather information about individuals to protect our nation or in other words for national security.  In terms of national security, the more information is gathered, the more protected our country is.  However, to maintain our nation safe, many privacy rights had to be violated.  Cell phone companies giving information to the government about certain individuals.

               The power that persists today over individuals from state institutions and marketers has caused a new change of our lives.  People begin to ignore how necessary their privacy is and begin to share it with everyone.  Social network sites can tell everyone where someone is by just pressing one button.  If I decide to open my browser and log in to my Yahoo page, it can tell me where I’m located and it immediately gives me local news with some advertisements.  My cell phone, if the map app is open it can tell me the exact location.  We’re not changing technology, technology is changing us.  We have become more ignorant over the last decade in terms of privacy.  Nevertheless, the issue of privacy has become something we have lost control of.  Now our lives belong to marketers and the government.