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Vol.1 No.25, Nov. 2020
Vol.1 No.25, Nov. 2020

Under Surveillance

Esraa Magdy

Under surveillance our actions are less free and, accordingly, In 2020, Northwestern University of America announced,
we have already voluntarily surrendered our freedom without
through a study conducted by it that devices connected to
realizing." This is Edward Snowden's quote that we can know
these programs, even when they are closed, can also hear and
from the purpose of our topic today and why we attach
record everything related to the phone
importance to this topic...
Simply, any interference from these programs naturally takes
Modern technology is no longer just a secondary tool in our
place with your consent, as you agree to all the conditions
life, rather it has become the basis on which we rely on
before using them, and therefore the program or application is
determining our daily plan, starting from setting the alarm until
available for him to do so.
completing everything in the day for the least possible time and
When these companies were asked about the reason for that,
effort, as it is an influential entity in itself.
the response was that they work to serve the user as much as
The Gatnler recently released the Institute for Technical Studies
possible by providing his preferences, meaning creating a
and Research in Stanford, USA, a report that studies the
customized experience for each customer and suitable for him
increase in the number of smart devices used and networks
and his choices
connected to the Internet from 8.4 billion devices in 2017 to
In 2018 a newspaper was published garden and New york
20.4 billion devices in 2020, and there is no doubt that this
times report that Cambridge Analytic was able to obtain data
increase is a pivotal factor in changing the parameters of our
from about 50 million users from the face book company in
lives not only in The tangible physical world, but in the way we
think and perceive different issues, so the issue of rejecting or order to analyze the behavior and ideas of these people and to
accepting technology is no longer an available option, but rather
exploit this in advertising campaigns and what the company
has become a matter of social awareness.
promotes even if its information is false and misleading, and
So is the technology that we have always been shaping us
the question here is whether Such ideas and advertising
now????? ....
campaigns in this way succeed?? The answer is you who will
Let us answer this question together over the course of the
say it, as let me tell you that this company is not only the
article, not through slogans, gossip and.... but from what we live
owner of Donald Trump's propaganda campaign in the
with technology every day and day,,, in summary, the reader of
American elections, but also the owner of the Brexit
the article is its maker and what is said will never be as strange
campaign. The matter is not simple, as the information here
as it is an alert to Our use For technology, Even We get Of
means control.
which On What We want, instead of From that Take root she
Technology is no longer just a tool. Rather, it controls a large
Vienna What No We want
and no small part of our life if not all of our lives. It affects
And it sure caught your attention by the ads on Face book,
everything. Unfortunately, the matter is no longer an option
instgram, amazon, which is a large proportion of the goods and
but rather a compulsion, but in a rather general form.
services that you are thinking of buying, and the matter is not
So let's conclude with a quote by Benjamin Franklin, the sixth
limited to that only, but you are shown all your favorite places,
president of the United States, and you have to explain it
food or news and so on.... The question that raises itself, how
does it happen that? And why? Who am I am the maker of the "Any society ready to give up a part of my freedom in
choice or who put in
exchange for safety does not despise any of them, and surely it
will lose both."
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