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. Able to see the matrix without being wired in.
Computer coding is made from a language and a very precise, highly organized, exact set of codes. Layers of ones and zeros at the bottom layer with complex code algorithms on the top layer all virtually interwoven in a way that allowed them to complete tasks much faster than the brains of humans. The language of which only the true Jedis of the interwebs understand. Even if Keanu Reeves beat them to it.
Over the years the first to have any technology is of course, the government. They developed the internet and then released it to the public. What they didn't tell the public is that they have always been six years ahead in technology. A gap that is concerning being that the public has no knowledge of powerful technology being developed at any one time. This shouldn't be scary for the nations own citizens but it is.
The internet has proven to be the most effective information sharing system ever created. What started as a way to send simple coded messages back and forth to computers over the years evolved into something extraordinary. Then many entrepreneurs got up and decided to learn the computer and communications coding and other related industries were created to expand technology even further.
Soon the public began to notice changes. Cameras on traffic lights, street lights and other places around cities assumed to be for giving out tickets. I've never met someone who has received a ticket because of these cameras and I myself would have many times too. Crime TV shows have shown that the US government has created a massive interconnected surveillance system that doesn't stop there.
Eventually smart phones were created and social media was made available anywhere and many other web apps were created as well with built in privacy statements. Whenever an app asks to allow microphone and video recording some information gets saved to the apps server as outlined in the privacy statement of some apps. The apps can then through AI or artificial intelligence create a profile of information about you that they can sell to companies and political organizations.
Who knows how much further the government has already and can take this. No laws exist for privacy on the internet. This blog will keep in the know on this and all other things tech as well.
Computer coding is made from a language and a very precise, highly organized, exact set of codes. Layers of ones and zeros at the bottom layer with complex code algorithms on the top layer all virtually interwoven in a way that allowed them to complete tasks much faster than the brains of humans. The language of which only the true Jedis of the interwebs understand. Even if Keanu Reeves beat them to it.
Over the years the first to have any technology is of course, the government. They developed the internet and then released it to the public. What they didn't tell the public is that they have always been six years ahead in technology. A gap that is concerning being that the public has no knowledge of powerful technology being developed at any one time. This shouldn't be scary for the nations own citizens but it is.
The internet has proven to be the most effective information sharing system ever created. What started as a way to send simple coded messages back and forth to computers over the years evolved into something extraordinary. Then many entrepreneurs got up and decided to learn the computer and communications coding and other related industries were created to expand technology even further.
Soon the public began to notice changes. Cameras on traffic lights, street lights and other places around cities assumed to be for giving out tickets. I've never met someone who has received a ticket because of these cameras and I myself would have many times too. Crime TV shows have shown that the US government has created a massive interconnected surveillance system that doesn't stop there.
Eventually smart phones were created and social media was made available anywhere and many other web apps were created as well with built in privacy statements. Whenever an app asks to allow microphone and video recording some information gets saved to the apps server as outlined in the privacy statement of some apps. The apps can then through AI or artificial intelligence create a profile of information about you that they can sell to companies and political organizations.
Who knows how much further the government has already and can take this. No laws exist for privacy on the internet. This blog will keep in the know on this and all other things tech as well.
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