Blog Post #5

 PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY

https://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you

https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_soghoian_your_smartphone_is_a_civil_rights_issue

https://www.ted.com/talks/darieth_chisolm_how_revenge_porn_turns_lives_upside_down

     As learned from Christopher Soghoian in his TED Talk linked above, the use of technology before compared to modern days was much easier to be surveillance and protected. With technology advancing faster than it ever has before, it is becoming stronger and more powerful in many different forms. The TED Talks linked above discuss the danger in the new age of technology in regards to our privacy in deeper detail. Catherine Crump in her TED Talk, The Small and Surprisingly Dangerous Detail the Police Track About You, discusses the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) by law enforcement agencies. These devices capture pictures of license plates on every passing vehicle, to identify stolen cars or those who have warrants. But, she highlights the misuse of the collected data and spreads awareness to the public to protect our privacy rights. In Christopher Soghoian’s TED Talk, Your Smartphone Is a Civil Rights Issue, he highlights the significant inconsistencies in smartphone encryption between different devices. He talks about how modern day technology is hard to be surveillance and protected, leaving users vulnerable to a lack of privacy and protection. He takes this discussion into greater detail, explaining that this issue is much broader than a cybersecurity concern, but boards civil right issues. I believe that these videos accurately and unbiasedly provide us information that the government is keeping from us, for their benefit. Privacy should be accessible to all, not just to those who are privileged. I feel as though because smartphones and technology are continuously and rapidly advancing, it is hard for the public to keep up. I also believe that if this was a different privacy issue, such as lack of privacy in medical fields or political fields, the issue would be taken more seriously, and there would be protests to protect. Because this is a cybersecurity issue, many are uneducated about not only the amount of information that is being exposed, but also what and how the information is being exposed- and to who, of course.