"Technology helps boost fitness, sexual health"

Technology and fitness is the topic that that my google alerts website led me to. Click here for the website!
If you have ever seen the movie Wall-E, you may be familiar with this picture:

This is what people think about when they hear the words "fitness" and "technology" in the same sentence. Although it's true that "couch potatoes" are becoming a trend, technology can actually help people trying to get into shape. There a lot of devices that can help you keep track of steps walked, calories burned, calorie intake, etc. I know that in the past members of my family have used such technology, and it can help you as you work out, especially if you are embarrassed or tired of having to write down your progress where it could easily get lost.
Another thing that technology is helping with is in the teen world. Nowadays if a teen girl or guy has a question about sex, they might just go online instead of asking a parent or friend. Even though the internet has a lot of false information, not all websites are lies. Girls can also keep track of things like their menstrual cycle on a smart phone, and it can help you keep that part of your life more private.

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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.

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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