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Google and the Future of Privacy

Newsweek, April 2 2006 (Pg 40)

We are going to lose our privacy, and I find it quite shocking. Are we willing to sacrifice our privacy for higher standards of living? Although it is quite interesting to see how technology has improved, I think ethics are the most important thing at hand. Especially with the rise of identity thieves nowadays, who can hack into databases and make life worse instead of better as the technology was intended for. Furthermore the companies who will be making use of this technology are the big ones: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL. Somehow it is uncomfortable knowing that they will have all this information just by watching us. 24/7. Who will we be able to trust? That's what worries me.

posted by Charmaine @ 8:47 PM