As an American do you ever feel like you need more privacy? Do you think that the United States needs more surveillance? These two questions have always clashed with each other in U.S. history, but how much privacy and surveillance should Americans have? Many Americans feel that there is not enough privacy from others, especially when it comes to technology. They don’t like the feeling of being watched all the time. Now days it’s fairly easy to access another person’s information whether it is through internet connection or even social media. The best solution to this problem is to make privacy protection technology more accessible and easier to use. It is not a bad thing to want privacy and many feel that they do not get enough of it. According …show more content…
Some people feel that currently “we are in the midst of a new age of privacy deprivation, where it’s almost impossible to run away and hide, to gain total solitude, or even attain basic privacy from the outside world” (Kurlander). When information is easily accessed it leaves people vulnerable to identity theft and other issues like it. Some feel that the U.S. may end up like George Orwell’s 1984, a world in which there is absolutely no …show more content…
According to Cory Doctorow, someone who volunteers developing this new technology, many software programs that protect people’s privacy are too complicated for those with average computer skills. This means that people are more likely to risk the lack of privacy than go through the frustration of downloading the software. In an article Doctorow says, “The time has come to create privacy tools for normal people – people with a normal level of technical competence. That is, all of us, no matter what our level of technical expertise, need privacy” (Doctorow). His solution would make it easier for everyone to keep their personal information, etc. private from others. One advantage to these programs will be that you can download them onto your own devices instead of it changing the entire internet system. This way the people who don’t want to download the new software won’t have to and it won’t affect them. Also, it will be easy to use. Although there are a few other solutions, none have these two