Explainer: What is the ‘Internet of Things?’
By having more of our lives online, will our daily lives become more visible to outsiders on the internet?
The question states “will our lives become more visible to outsiders on the internet?”, as if this isn’t already in existence. If you want to find anything out about anyone, the resources are there. Personally, I am not connected to any social networking sites but if you Google my name you will find my age, address and even telephone number. Anytime you have submitted information online, it is already there for someone else to see. If it’s not visible to the public eye, be sure that the government and your future/current employer have access to this information. You are already known in the system without saying a word, just being a common user of the internet you are in fact there and able to be traced no matter how hard you try. Even if you made the biggest effort not to take part in anything dealing with internet, your institute of education encourages it as well as employers. Although it can be valuable to your career it can also serve as a detriment to be judged without saying a word.
How do we prevent outsiders from viewing and tracking even the smallest details of our lives?
There is no way. I don’t believe there is a way just because many aspects of society forcibly make you act as a contributor to the internet. You must do this assignment online, you must access these resources from this website, you must use this social networking site to contact clients, you must log-in to this club website, you must do this online and that online, etcetera. The only way to truly stay away from the internet is by becoming a bum. By being a bum you will opt out of the domestication we face as being a functional part of society, otherwise you are traceable.
Interesting link correlating to this idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I
Please watch, you will laugh 🙂
