Webcams See All (Tortoise, Watch Your Back By Quentin Hardy

The deputy tech editor of The New York Times, Quentin Hardy, in his articles, “Webcams See All (Tortoise, Watch Your Back)”, implies that video cameras are taking away our privary. Hardy’s purpose is to create awareness to his audience that with the advances of technology, their life have less privacy as everything is being filmed, stored, and uploaded on the internet. He creates a concerned tone in order to convey to his reader that the video cameras are invading their privacy and safety. Hardy begins his article by illustrates the advances of video camera with the story of the African suprred tortoise Franky’s fame. With this, Hardy explains to his audience that recording and transmitting images over the internet has become easier and user friendly than before. Concerning this Hardy states, “while the public is increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of government cameras and Internet snoops recording their daily behavior, there does not appear to be mch introspection about routinely monitoring people, pets or handymen.” Interestingly, public doesn’t care about being filmed and recorded as long as it is not by the government. This approach through pathos is effective given that Hardy’s concerning of the public’s privacy being invaded not only by the government

As Hardy quoted Parks Associates, a research company, “the number of homes in the United States with private security cameras increased by about five million last year, to 15 million homes”. In addition, Hardy quoted Tom Kerber, Parks’s director of research (home controls and energy), states “a similar increase is expected this year [2016].” This approach through ethos is effective beause since the audience are those who are worried about the safety of their home and Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and