A lot of people aren't concerned with the issue of diminishing privacy online because many people believe that they have nothing to hide. Let's be real, we all have something to hide, whether it be a criminal offense that's in our past or something as simple as saying we hate our boss, we all have things that we would rather no one know about us. This sort of information is private and is something that people don't tell a lot of other people besides their close friends and family. Today in class, we watched a movie about companies privacy policies and how many people actually read the terms & conditions before clicking okay. I know that I never read them before clicking okay and I'm assuming many people like me don't either. The truth is, there are hidden facts in those terms & conditions. By selecting "I agree" we are giving companies permission to have access to every fact about ourselves. Personally, I have nothing to hide, but there are also things in my life that I wouldn't want to share with many people.
I think people should start to care more about this issue. If we continue to click okay to the terms & conditions without really reading them, who knows what companies will throw in there next. They already have access to so much of our private information; credit card numbers, phone numbers, addresses, full names, date of births, etc., and some companies, like Instagram, can even republish our posts without giving us credit for it. People need to be aware of this issue so we can do something about it. Personally, I don't like the idea of the government knowing everything about me. I don't think that it's right for the government to tap my phone and listen to my personal conversations. What if I was having a really bad day because my boss fired me and I jokingly threaten to kill him? The government could hear that conversation and come to my house and arrest me, all because they misinterpreted my conversation. Things like this happen and if the government just kept to themselves instead of listening in on everyone else's business, then this wouldn't be an issue.
I think that privacy is becoming a huge issue. Even if we click private, some people can still find it, and even if we delete things, they are still there forever. There is no privacy anymore. There is always away to get around things nowadays and people need to be extra careful about what they post online.
I completely agree with everything in this post! That idea that we no longer have any privacy on the internet is very daunting and scary. Like the video said, everything that we have ever posted, even the things that we think were deleted, are still out there somewhere. That to me is not only mind blowing but extremely scary. I also agree with the idea that the government should not have access to my personal conversations through wire tapping. The scenarios shown in the movie where people were joking around and police saw it and showed up to their house is absolutely unnecessary. I understand that they are only trying to keep us safe but there is a line that has been crossed!
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