Whoever said that technology will make our lives so much simpler was sorely mistaken. In as much as technology does make our day to day existence more convenient, it also has a tendency to create complicated problems.
Take the issue of privacy. Before the digital age, protecting once privacy meant not giving out information to people you do not know. And by then information that one gives has a relatively small chance of landing in the hands of other people. However, now, we give our information to a site to avail of their services only to be surprised that we are being offered Viagra via the previous site that we gave our information to. And Facebook has not been immune to this type of problem.
One problem that has been seen in the Facebook privacy setting debacle is the fact that a significant number of its users are from countries outside of the United States. That being said the issue of conflicting laws and sovereignty, and other legal problem arises in the regulation of the right to privacy. So, so much for technology simplifying our lives.
- Gino Paulo O. Uy, Entry #5
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