Blog Post 5| Privacy Videos

For years it has always been something that has been in my head. How private is private nowadays? With everything being online and access being easier than ever I find it hard to believe that all of my data would really just be deleted or saved for just me to see and these videos completely backed the fact that it is most definitely, not private.

Not only does this make me feel uncomfortable but it also makes me question how it will affect me. 

When it comes to job searches in the future or overall background checks I find it incredibly sad that it will most likely be something that people get affected by. 

Unlike our parents in the past, almost everything we have done is kept somewhere online and can come back to haunt us or be used against us in some way in the future. What this means is that even when we are older and have kids a video of someone doing something crazy could easily surface again and those "stories" your parents told you as a kid are now videos for your kids to see.

The government should be getting on this in the way that they should be protecting the privacy of the people they are meant to care for. Everything involved with people's personal digital footprint should be private to just them however the only exception should be if criminal activity was involved.

Along with just the government needed to protect our privacy, we as people can also do things to help it as well. Something people do nowadays is use VPNs which hide their online IP address from the country allowing them to search sites privately without anyone trying to hack or watch over what they are doing. VPNs are legal and something that has really grown in popularity within the past couple of years. 

In sum, with the growth in technology, privacy is becoming something that needs to be protected and focused on more to ensure that people's privacy is protected.