The videos had a unifying message of what you do online and your cellphone is never guaranteed to be private. Nothing is ever erased and privacy does not exist in an online world.
Government officials had access to listen to phone calls for over 100 years before technology companies began to encrypt messages and phone calls, making this process nearly impossible. This has made government officials very angry but has started the first major stance on protecting personal rights within technology. Although wiretapping for criminals may be useful, it comes at a cost to the average person. If the government can do it, then so can hackers, and this has occurred many times. In 2009, Google's surveillance systems were hacked by the Chinese government in order to gain information and in 2004 Greece's largest phone company was hacked and used to spy on the Greek government. Although encryption has allowed the average user more privacy online, nothing is guaranteed to be private and users still need to be very careful about what they share online.
The idea of electronic tattoos is a way for people to visualize their virtual footprint that we cause by using the internet. The sites we go on, profiles we make, and interactions we have on social media, all form an online identity because they record what we do online and who we are. The average person shares an incredible amount of personal information online which results in ad specialized for what they're interested, and an online footprint that can never be erased. The idea of thinking that everything you share online is an extension of your identity that will not be erased is a way for users to be conscious about what they are sharing online.
Government officials had access to listen to phone calls for over 100 years before technology companies began to encrypt messages and phone calls, making this process nearly impossible. This has made government officials very angry but has started the first major stance on protecting personal rights within technology. Although wiretapping for criminals may be useful, it comes at a cost to the average person. If the government can do it, then so can hackers, and this has occurred many times. In 2009, Google's surveillance systems were hacked by the Chinese government in order to gain information and in 2004 Greece's largest phone company was hacked and used to spy on the Greek government. Although encryption has allowed the average user more privacy online, nothing is guaranteed to be private and users still need to be very careful about what they share online.
The idea of electronic tattoos is a way for people to visualize their virtual footprint that we cause by using the internet. The sites we go on, profiles we make, and interactions we have on social media, all form an online identity because they record what we do online and who we are. The average person shares an incredible amount of personal information online which results in ad specialized for what they're interested, and an online footprint that can never be erased. The idea of thinking that everything you share online is an extension of your identity that will not be erased is a way for users to be conscious about what they are sharing online.
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