Saturday, February 7, 2009
U-Blog 2
I just watched a you tube video about the future of technology. According to the video technology is advancing at an amazing pace. Soon the radio and television as we know it will no longer exist and everything will be on the internet accessible by a computer. Also, by this time just about everything will have some sort of computer technology embedded and able to communicate with other appliances within your house. All this technology could be a good thing for he future, but is it really? If computers get that advanced, how many people will lose their jobs? Besides the loss in jobs, the biggest lose is going to be anonymity. If technology advances as many people believe it will, you will no longer have a private life. Everything in your life that use to be private will be available on the internet for everyone for see. From companies accessing your appliances and determining patterns in your behavior, and what you buy and how often. One thought is your refrigerator will be able to order groceries because it will be able to tell what is in your refrigerator and how long it has been there. Loss of a private life is a scary thought for me how about you?
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I think each person can deternmine the amount of privacy they want in their life. Their are ways to control your privacy on web applications such as Facebook for example. Their are ways to be hacked into accounts but I think computer security will become better as technology advances.
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Tim, I agree with you about the technology and people losing their jobs. We as a society have to keep up with whats going on around us and adapt our lifestyle to the situation. As far as the loss of private life, I feel as if our privacy has already been invaded but it doesnt cross our minds until something happens.
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