Thursday, October 22, 2009

Somebody's Watching You

Somebody's Watching You by Irene Tham,
dated 16 August 2009

Link to article: http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz8/gundurox/Article1_160809.jpg

Hello there fellow GP-er. This being our first post, is... ultimately the first post, and so I'd bet you will be surprised at the lowhigh standard of this response to the above newspaper article. Enjoy!

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Key Questions:
1. How has modern technology affected the privacy of the individual's personal information/life? Has privacy become "a thing of the past"?

2. How can one's personal information be used by others?

3. Should infringement of an individual's privacy with good intentions be allowed? (e.g. checking on children's personal safety)


Summary:
With the rise of modern technology, gadgets previously seen only in spy movies have become largely accessible to the masses, making the dystopian society in George Orwell's 1984, where "Big Brother" is always watching, not a distant possibility for the world today. (post discontinued...)