Recent news has indicated that the US Supreme Court could potentially allow the police to monitor citizens of the US via their mobile phones without a warrant. The main question is how much privacy do we have as its more common that individuals are now carrying such sophisticated devices. A lot of us already expose our privacy by using such sites as Twitter and Facebook but this is due to our choice.
The most sophisticated mobile phone is not needed in order for our location to be tracked. A simple mobile phone constantly sends and transmits data pin pointing the location. This data is
sent to the service provider who can give it to the authorities if requested. With a more sophisticated device such as a smartphone the threat of being more venerable is worrying people along with other information that may be accessible.
"Police officers can sit in the comfort of their own stations and use this technology to watch not just one person, but many people, over long periods of time," says Catherine Crump, an attorney for American Civil Liberties Union.
"GPS tracking can actually be quite revealing about who a person is and what they value. It can show where a person goes to church, whether they are in therapy, whether they are an outpatient at a medical clinic, whether they go to a gun range."
My view is I feel that this is infringement on ones privacy as they have not agreed to be tracked. Knowing that you are potentially being “stalked” and what other information is being obtained is something I would worry about. The excuse of if you have nothing to hide it shouldn’t be a
issue but imagine if a complete stranger had the keys to your home and are entitled to enter when then they like and rummage through your belongings, you would not feel comfortable about that.
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15730499
I think this is too much. Where is the privacy ? You can already be tracked everywhere you go by the use of your oyster card. I think they should be some level of freedom. We already had the phone hacking scandal which went on, whats the difference between that and this ?
ReplyDeleteThats it the whole aspect of privicy seems like talk, no such thing in terms of reality. The way were heading with technology we will be exposed nothing will be private, evey action can be traced and documented.
ReplyDeleteSad really that technology is advancing but being used to treat us like animals in a cage.
I agree with your statement Hamzah that ‘privicy seems like talk, no such thing in terms of reality.'
ReplyDeleteFor instance, Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Scott McNealy notably said, ’You have zero privacy anyway… Get over it.’Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt was reported to say also, ‘If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.’
Even according to the experts it seems like there is no privacy.
“Infringement on one’s privacy” indeed, you could not have stated this sad excuse for ‘human security’ any better. Again, you are correct again in stating that a person doesn’t need to ‘have something to hide’ to not want their right to privacy invaded – its basic human personal rights. It appears as though the government is determined to take away whatever little privacy we have left.
ReplyDeleteGood comment find mufc1811!