In my opinion, the Internet is not private. PRISM is one of the programs that the NSA use to collect data. (U.S. British Intelligence mining data from nine U.S. internet companies in broad secret program) According to London’s Guardian newspaper, GCHQ, Britain’s
equivalent of the NSA, also has been secretly collecting intelligence
from the same internet companies through an operation set up by the
NSA. It is very scary to see that the government is collecting private information. There is no privacy at all. I feel like there is always someone watching what I do on the internet every second.
Also, there are malware all over the internet and without you even knowing it, they might even get in your computer. In the article “Why Spyware Poses Multiple Threats to Security” by Thompson,
R. says that these malware can gather information about an individual and sell them to different marketing companies. Privacy and Security is very important for an individual and it should not be taken away.
Having these agencies like the NSA remind me of this book called 1984 where the government was watching everyone. Nothing is private anymore unless you do not post it on the internet, and write it on a piece of paper (most of the time its private).
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, there is no actual privacy and it does feel like someone is watching you.
ReplyDeleteI think it's weird to know that the government is watching you but I feel like it's kind of obvious in a way too. They're the government of course they have to watch but I doubt they care about anything that everyday people post about on the internet. It's just the world we live in
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