In
society people have no privacy. Privacy does not exist anymore as it used to. You
cannot wake up and live life without someone watching you. There was a point in
time in which you could go to work without thinking about it. The government
plays a big part in keeping an eye on everybody. With the US being attacked by
other countries in the past, the government feels as if they have to watch the
lives of people; from where they go, tapping their phones, and watching online
activity.
When
an individual wakes up, the first thing that revolves around the mind, is
finding out what they are going to do today. Some people do absolutely nothing
at all; some go on adventures, while the rest relax until something comes their
way. People all have tasks on their plate to accomplish. The government has a
way of spying on the people. “Files on TrapWire, a government-sponsored program
that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to track people’s movements using
surveillance cameras, have surfaced with
the latest batch of Wikileaks
documents” (Epstein). Once an individual leaves their house to go to a
store, the first thing they notice are cameras watching their every move. Of
course, we all know cameras are there to watch the store’s safety, but little
do we know the government can see through them also; not just the store, but
also pedestrians walking by. The reason behind this is to make sure that no one
is up to any suspicious activity. The government is paranoid.
On a daily basis about 85% of people are using their phones. This could be
through texting, emailing, and calling. That is how humans communicate,
especially through phones. People all have conversations on life, church,
relationships, jobs, etc. However, did you know that while they have these
conversations, the government taps every phone call? After the 9/11 terrorist attack,
the government has tapped into each and every phone call to find out if there
are any terrorists planning to cause harm to the United States. Society has no
privacy at all. Imagine a man or woman in a relationship talking to their
spouse about their plans with the peanut butter and jelly. Little do they know,
the government is listening to their conversation. It is funny, but yet wrong,
because phone conversations should be private. The government has their
reasons, so people should keep their conversations limited to a certain
subject.
Other
sources of entertainment can be found online; whether it is through a dating
website, facebook, twitter, instagram, or vine, they are all entertainment.
Whenever an individual is bored, the first place they go to free themselves
would be online. Usually when something extraordinary or unbelievable happens,
the first place to talk about it is online-- mainly facebook. The government
knows of their actions, because they watch online activity. It would not be
surprising if they watch people in the showers, too; or even when they use the
bathroom. The government is unfair; of course we know that they are looking out
for their people, and also trying to protect the country. One thing they need
to do is give people more privacy. It is somewhat like we are all Truman Burbanks
being controlled by another person; no one likes to be controlled especially by
someone more powerful (Weir). When it gets to that point, riots come into the
picture and society rebels.
Works Cited:
Weir, Peter dir. The Truman Show. Dir. Niccol Andrew.
Universal Studios, 1998. Film. 11 Sep 2013.
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/>.
Epstein, Mike. "The Governement Maybe Uses Cameras To
Track Your Every Move." Ekosyst. (2012): n. page. Web. 11 Sep.
2013. <www.geekosystem.com/trapwire-surveillance/>.
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