Net Titan Times

     Recently companies have fallen victim to ransomeware and it is unknown how much or if any personal data was leaked. Companies had to flush their systems of data in order to protect it and rebuild their servers or pay whatever amount hackers wanted. I worked at one of the sites affected. We lost countless work hours and we're not told if personal employee information was safe or what information could have been leaked. I searched the news for an article about the breach and found nothing. I continued searching. Nothing to this day. Information can spew in reference to millions of people and go completely unoticed? No. That couldn't be. It's true in it's entirety.

      This article explains how social media platforms gather information about users: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/03/21/facebook-personal-data-cambridge-analytica _  From the very beginning a red flag raises in my head as to how gathering information based off someone's birth day, hometown and IP address without express knowledge could be legal. But every Facebook user gives it up willingly. Hackers can do anything  without limits with an IP address alone. Information is not safe unless the person who possesses is safe with it.

  The idea of technology being used as a mass surveillance device and information gathering system by the government has been around for years dating all the way back to George Orwell's novel "1984".  The idea has sparked the creation of many successful TV shows like "Person of Interest" where a computer is able to identify threats instantly and "Criminal Minds" where the use of technology aids detectives in seeing where vehicles have been and information posted publically online along with other crime dramas. Movies like "Eagle Eye" send shivers down our spines but are based off very real, highly functioning technology. The only real difference in the visual litterature and reality is one is farfetched fiction and the other is very practical and right in front of eyes and in our very own hands. Beyond that the language is only known to those devoted enough to study and learn to read it. These are the Jedis and Titans of the computer world. A...