Privacy

New Media can be very beneficial to everybody, but it comes with a cost. New Media has helped our society progress but at the same time has shrunk our privacy. Programs and platforms like Facebook can track our movements with GPS, everything said on Facebook is saved and forever engraved in servers, and of course Facebook selling our data to companies like Cambridge Analytica raise concerns over what privacy means with the evolution of technology. Although there are certain ways you can increase your privacy online, overall you are at the mercy of the creator. For example, with Facebook when you use their services, they can collect your information and attach tracking cookies all without you ever knowing. Lack of privacy obviously sounds like a horrible thing but in some ways, it can be beneficial. Our government is now doing their best to track potential school shooters using search histories and behavior. Of course, to track potential terrorism you must keep track of everyone. The growing lack of privacy on the web, seems like it will continue to get worse and worse.