Online presence is something that we should all be aware of. What most people don't understand is how much the government knows about you simply from your Facebook profile. I hadn't given my online footprint much thought until recently. My footprint is most likely medium sized. I have enough accounts with my real name that it just makes sense. I have a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and a Snapchat account. Realistically, I am only regularly active on Instagram and Snapchat. I believe that I do a good job of keeping them clean of media that should not be public. A visitor could easily find out where I am from, what school I go to, what fraternity I am in, etc. This is only from my profile. After reading Richard Stokes' article on the ad-tech industry, I realize how much of our private lives are not so private at all. The market is less about the consumer and more about extrac...
Nancy Pelosi released a statement marking the start of an investigation to impeach Donald Trump. This most likely does not come as a shock to most people in this country. When it comes to leftists and rightists, this is a marking of history. Generally, antiwar individuals are very progressive and liberal. Of course there are some rightists who are antiwar as well. Antiwar supporters are in disagreement with Trump on his decision to deploy more U.S. troops to help Saudi Arabia. These people generally have the viewpoint of not getting involved in any foreign squabbles, even stating that it is morally the wrong thing to do. As far as Trump impeachment goes, I can comfortably say they would be all for it. At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have conservative republicans. They are also in favor of impeachment, but focus on different reasons. For example, they vocalize about how Trump offered a quid pro quo to the Ukrainian president...
The internet is perhaps the most public environment in our existence. Once you put a piece of information online, it is on there permanently. With technology improving every day, there are various different things that are possible that we as a society are unaware of. Many of these things are placed strategically in the terms and conditions of many applications. They are deliberately made to be lengthy and hard to understand so that customers overlook significant rights that are buried somewhere in the document. The government is able to have a clear view of our private lives. With license plate trackers and data mining, it is hard to do anything without being tracked somehow. This is unethical in my opinion because it hinders people from acting how they normally would if they were not constantly tracked. It restricts our autonomy and personal freedom. For example, the Amazon Alexa is a device marketed to consumers to create conven...
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