This week we have been working on an activity about online tracking and whether the government should intervene and regulate all the information that industries have on us. We had two articles we had to analyze and two days worth of partner notes. On the final day we took a stance on whether we think the government should step in or not. I chose the opposing side. I don't really think industries can do a lot of damage with information unless they are going to sell it to some hacker or group that is going to steal your identity. These industries have our information for profit and to cycle information and advertisements through us in attempts that we will buy their products etc... I think the word tracking just scares people but they really need to think about how much damage an industry like Microsoft could do to your personal privacy vs. the Government. Especially right now in our country, I personally would not want the government having access to more information than they need. Yes they can get that information if they really wanted but I don't think that is a smart idea. There are a lot of groups right now in our country being targeted and I would hate to see something like 1984 (Orwell) happen and to have people slowly disappearing out of the internet then out of the physical world. We spend so much of our lives online and quite honestly we are getting to a point in time where it is impossible to have less than two ties to the internet, everything is there. I know the 1984 idea is quite a jump, but it is the reality of what is going on now and to willingly give the already corrupt system complete access to all of our information may mean significant harm to others.
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