What is considered private in our lives? What do we think is private, but actually has been revealed to many? Who has access to our personal information and secrets we have kept for years? These are the questions everyone is longing for but will never know for sure.
Most every person in todays’ world has some type of technological device they use daily that has some access to their personal information. Just by setting up a cell phone, computer, kindle, etc. your personal information is required and is out in the system forever (For instance, I just downloaded a new software to my phone and it asked me right away to turn on my location services). If this is the case, what information is truly kept private?
If it were up to me, all personal information should be kept private; your address, phone number, name, ect. But realistically speaking, most everything about you is not private except for things you have never told/ written down to anyone/anything (maybe). The upside to different apps and websites knowing our information is so the people running those sites can gather information about the users and create even better content to keep their audience content. If they can see a certain age group using one app/website over another, they are going to add or change certain things to make whatever it is more appealing to that audience. All in all there are positives and negatives regarding what information people have about us, but it is up to us to decide when enough is enough.
America vs Britain
Although these countries both speak the same language, there is a cultural difference regarding privacy. In the United States, people tend to be a lot more open about most things. We like to know things, we like to ask questions, and we like to get into other people’s business even if we shouldn’t. Yes we like our privacy, but compared to other countries, we are a lot more open and curious. The majority of people living in Britain are very closed off and not as vocal as American citizens. They tend to keep to themselves and mind their own business. Yes we are all human and like to invade people’s privacy, but different countries have different ways of going about it and thats what makes us unique.
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