Monday, March 12, 2012
Privacy v. Technology
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/arnold-ahlert/2012/03/10/privacy-v-technology/
It has recently been ruled Constitutional to have a police officer search the cell phone of an individual without first obtaining a warrant. This privacy when it comes to technology situation seems to be becoming an issue more and more as people begin to question what information is already public and what can be considered private. In one of the interviews discussed in this post, it compared a cell phone's phone book to a personal phone book and a cell phone's messages to private letters. If officers are required to obtain a warrant to search these non-technological items, then why are they allowed to search the same items without a warrant just because it is considered to be technology?
I personally believe that anything based in technology can be equally compared to an item that is not considered to be technology. Therefore, this ruling would be unconstitutional, violating Fourth Amendment rights. However, it's not in my hands to decide, and I think that those in control will have to take their time to further discuss and decide on this issue. I don't think that we have seen the end of this debate, and I think that there will be more court cases and rulings before the courts, police force, and public are able to come to an agreement.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Class Presentations Reflection
I really enjoyed all of the presentations that were given today, but the one that stuck out to me was Google's new privacy policy. I'll admit I didn't take the time to read the new policy when it first came out, even though Google suggested that I should. I've noticed, though, how my Google searches and YouTube searches are combined now, and it kind of freaks me out. I don't like one company being able to combine all that information about me. Something I really want to know is where is it being stored. Is there some public profile of mine that I don't know about that shows all the things I've been doing on my Google account? How can I control this? Is there any way to not have everything be so public and combined?
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