This article was quite similar to the story of 1984 & Big Brother's success in invading privacy through computers! This article reminded me of the April 4th rumor of a serious computer virus/worm hacking into the computers because it focuses on how our privacy over the last decade has decreased with technology. Everyone was frantic because they were afraid someone would hack onto their computer & get vital information. Well, sadly, this could happen any day of the year!
My soon to be in-laws actually had someone decode their credit card number and purchase $300 in sporting items. I didn't even know people like this existed! There are people who try to arrange numbers to access credit cards! Thank goodness the credit companies are aware of this & actually called my in-laws at like 2am to report it!
People really take advantage of technology and it may be scary to see where our privacy with this technology goes in the future. Ever since 9/11 the government has seriously buckled down... I think I heard a while back that there are specialists who radar searches on the internet if people try to google something like "how to build a bomb" or anything of that sort. I can't remember what the policy is called!
In the article, the freshmen were persuaded to give up their private lives in return for a free iphone! Wow, people are greedy! I don't think I would become materialistic for something like that. Thank you, but I like to take my showers alone! Ha, ha.
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