I really enjoyed the Ted Talk about how your digital footprint is like a tattoo. I think that this is a great analogy, as tattoos are permanent just like and data that you share, or videos and photos that are taken of you. I think the most disturbing part about this speech was realizing that companies can implement facial recognition cameras that can find your social media and use your Facebook or Twitter account to find products that you like so it becomes easier to sell things to you.
The other speech that I found disturbing was the fact that thanks to your phone and GPS, they government has the ability to track where you go, how often, and even what route you take. The police also use license plate readers that are mounted on poles and police cars. This would be a good technology to use if it was only used to narrow down the whereabouts of people wanted by the law, but everybody’s plate is put into police databases. These camera also take photos of your car to see who you are with and, if enough of these photos are present, they can see where you go and what your daily routine looks like. This technology is also being abused, as the NYPD drives cars past mosques to keep track of who is attending and keep records of those people.
I think that all of this is unnerving, and mostly a bad thing. On one hand this type of technology can be used to track down criminals, but in the other hand, it should not come at the expense of everyone’s personal privacy.
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