Big Brother Big Business

1) After watching Big Brother Big Business I do in a way fear technology and its growth. I never worried about someone tracking my phone records until watching this movie. The movie makes it seem as though I am constantly being watched. It looks like its only going to get worse. As far as technology, someone could be watching me type this blog.

Even though I feel like I have nothing to hide, it's still scary. I don't want anybody to be able to get my information whenever they want. There's websites that sell my records but I'm not getting any of the money. Just knowing how far technology has come really makes me think before I do anything. It's crazy knowing that my printer could be tracking everything I do.

The main part that bothers me is the whole spy thing. Random people watching me do my day to day tasks, and all these security cameras. Even if I feel like I'm being low key, people could watch me while I sleep, eat and go to class. The movie makes it seem like in the years to come there really won't be any such thing as privacy. I wonder if it's this bad in other countries.

2) Even though privacy is a big issue, I do feel like there some people that should be monitored to a certain extant. People like rapists or child molesters that have just been released should be watched. Not all the time but, maybe have some kind of GPS device. But I don't believe anybody should be watched all the time. Everybody needs some privacy time.

If the government could watch anybody it would give them too much control. I don't even think that Google should be able to keep records. One never knows what the government would do with all the information they gain. The government would tell the people anything they wanted to hear. All the good without the the bad.

However, I don't mind that the government gathers cell phone records for investigations. Especially if it means making the United States safer. I feel like the government taking records does have some good to it. But the whole monitoring people constantly is what I have a problem with. The government should not have that power.

3) As far as companies sharing data that they received from consumers, I do believe they share that information. Even if a company says they aren't, I still would not believe it. Companies are constantly in competition, so I think that they would do whatever it takes to stay on top of the game. Big Brother Big Business made it seem as though Google was the only search engine that kept records forever. Google is also ahead of AOL, Yahoo, and Bing.

With this being said, it's hard for me to believe that a company doesn't share information. Companies such as Coke-a-Cola have other companies under them, that they may give out information too. Even employee information is given out and the movie showed this. Some companies may only use it for marketing purposes. However, I can;t speak for all companies.

There can be some good to sharing information, but at the same time I am a private person. If I give out my info to let's say Wal-Mart, I don't want them sharing it without my permission. Especially if I'm not benefiting from it. Some things shouldn't be shared. Information shouldn't be shared without one's knowledge.

4) There are a lot of aspects that I feel should be more secure in technology. One, I feel like if I'm being tracked in any sort of way I should know about it. That's like somebody following me. If my job or school knows my every move, I want to know that they know this. At the same time I don't feel like anybody should know my every move. Even if the excuse is used that it's "for security purposes."

Next I feel like it shouldn't be easy for a private investigator or any other person to obtain my phone records. The Private Investigator made it sound it sound so easy to get one's cell phone records. I have a problem with this because after watching the movie, It made me wonder if someone was looking at my records. Taking phone records is a big problem. Phone companies should make the process difficult.

Lastly, all these companies that keep people's personal records without them knowing needs to change. It looked as though companies were doing this without any one's knowledge. At the same time making available to the public. Having my personal records is one thing but, making them available to the next person is not right. There should be a lot more security as far as this aspect. This should be prevented.

5) I see people obtain records being the most harmful. It's as though companies carelessly store information about people. People are easily hacking these companies. People are even finding important information about other people through Google. Hackers and identify thefts have access to a lot of different sources.

Companies storing all of this information through networks that aren't secure is really hurting society. There are a lot of victims of identity theft every year. It is as though people have no control over this. The victims cannot stop the theft. All the companies do in the end is apologize while the people lose money.

Everyday private information is getting into the wrong hands. Which is something that the movie made me more aware of. All the victims, all the different stories of how cell phones, the Internet and other technology really hurt someones life. And it doesn't look like it's hard to do. Almost as though taking information is a profession.

6) I enjoyed the film. At first I thought I was going to be able to stay awake through the whole movie. I thought it was going to be boring. Big Brother Big Business really made me aware of what technology is doing. The power of technology is not something I've really thought about but the movie opened my eyes.

It made me think twice before just trusting certain companies and websites. It also made me understand that technology can be more hurtful than helpful. I now understand why some people are paranoid. Why some some people do not have cell phones. It's crazy thinking about everything that could be going on.

The fact that someone could be watching me RIGHT NOW bothers me. Even though I do believe that some people probably think to deep into it. Then there's all the cases with people losing jobs and money over technology which makes me wonder WHO is looking at my private information. It also makes me think if I am a victim in any sort of way. In the end, the film was useful.