Lab+5


 * Lab 5:**
 * Tutorial #6-February 10, 2011**

Talk about your views/concerns about the future of privacy (tip: don't talk generally! have a specific focus and argument!)

Today’s tutorial prompted me with a question regarding my views about the future of privacy. Generally, a topic like this garners a lot of attention as individuals worldwide contemplate how much access and control technology has in their lives, as privacy is often associated with it. That being said, people generally come to the conclusion that perhaps this influx of technology is constantly being innovated, in a sense that allows everyone to become actively involved in each others’ lives progressively.

I believe with technology, it will redefine the way we interact as a community for it will allow us to become so immersed in each others’ lives and create an immense invasion of privacy, that normally decades ago would have been completely inappropriate and slightly frightening.

Moreover, I also think that this entire situation, in terms of the extent of privacy invasion, can be controlled on a certain level as many individuals can control what they deem acceptable to share with the rest of the world. To be more specific, social networking can be the prime example of personal user control of privacy as no one can force you to create a profile on; facebook, twitter, bebo, hi5, etc. This specific power can allow you to determine whether or not you want your privacy to be invaded, and to what extent.

This idea sort of brings me to the conclusion that; perhaps the question of the future of privacy is in direct correlation to the amount of power you grant it. As a member of society wherein technology is the central aspect of our evolving community, we must learn to harness its power and not become a victim of it and allow our privacy to be invaded, but cultivate it and use it to our advantage rather than having it take over our lives.