The Internet of Things

By having more of our lives online, will our daily lives become more visible to outsiders on the internet?

This CNN article shows how advances in technology will help simplify our lives in the future. What I also gleemed from it was how much more reliant people will become on technology in the future. We as a society need to face the fact that as we become more reliant on technology much more of our lives will be accessible to the public. Some people won’t find a problem with this, others will feel like it is a breach of privacy. Unfortunately it is a reality that the more technology we utilize in our day to day functions the more our privacy is breached and potentially our identities damaged.

 

How do we prevent outsiders from viewing and tracking even the smallest details of our lives?

 Currently it is possible to employ web browser addons that limit how much of our private information is distributed to third parties. Unfortunately there is not much in the way of maintaining complete privacy anymore in todays world. Whether we like it or not there are websites that people can pay to access our private information including past addresses, credit information, and even perform background checks. In order to live off the grid in todays society means to live outside of society. This is not a realistic option for the majority of people and especially not in New York City.
-Kazimieras Buozys

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