1) The document discusses how constant connectivity through social media and mobile devices has led people to willingly share vast amounts of personal data with companies. 2) It outlines how companies like Facebook, Google, wireless carriers collect extensive data on users' online activities, locations, interests and relationships without much restriction. 3) Government surveillance programs like PRISM also monitor people's online communications and data in the name of national security but with little oversight, compromising privacy.

1. And We Shall Call It Freedom
How We Chose To End Privacy
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“Worldwide, there are over 1.65 billion
monthly active Facebook users” [1]

3. “Over 6 billion text messages are sent in the U.S. each
day” – Forrester Research [2]
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4. Photo under CCO Public Domain (Pixobay)
“By the end of this decade there could be some
50 billion things with web connections” [3]

5. Our lives are fueled by the need for
constant connection
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6. To paraphrase Descartes, “I share,
therefore I am” – Sherry Turkle [4]
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7. But at What Cost?
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8. Facebook Collects [5]:
 Name
 Age
 Gender
 Email address
 Networks
 Photos and videos
 Tags and facial data
 Which profiles you look at
 Who you chat with through Facebook
Messenger
 Relationship status
 “Likes”
 Lists of favorite things (movies, music,
books, etc)
 Political affiliation
 Which websites you visit and when
 Anything you purchase with Facebook
Credits
 Browser type
 Operating system type
 IP address
 GPS location
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9. And They are Not Alone
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10. “Groupon
requested
one
participant’s
location
1062 times
in 2 weeks”
-Elizabeth
Dwoskin [6]
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11. Photo Published by Shopkick (www.shopkick.com/about)
“To qualify for […] awards, you are required to give Shopkick your cellphone number, ZIP
code, email, and access to your phone’s microphone”
– Jennifer Golbeck [7]

12. Samsung “TV sets "listen" to what is said, and
[…] If your spoken words include personal or
other sensitive information, that information
will be among the data captured” – Samsung
Smart TV Privacy Policy [8]
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13. ”Few of us would allow the police or government to track us at this level”
- Jennifer Golbeck [7]
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14. Oh, How Naïve We’ve Become

15. In 2013, Edward Snowden, a
former contractor for the
CIA, collected 1.7
million documents
outlining the National
Security Agency’s (NSA)
mass surveillance program,
Prism [9]
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16. Photo of Prism logo found on Open Clipart
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“the NSA tapped directly into
the servers of nine internet
firms, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and
Yahoo, to track online communication in
a surveillance program known as
J ”
- BBC News [9]

17. “Documents leaked to the
Washington Post in mid-
August (2013) suggested the
NSA breaks US privacy laws
hundreds of times every
year.” – BBC News [9]
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18. And Today…

19. 2016: Department of Justice demands access to data on locked iPhone
“it seems like disagreeing with the Department of Justice means you
must be evil and anti-American” – Bruce Sewell (Apple’s Lawyer) [10]
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20. 2016: US Supreme Court
approves expanded hacking
powers
“The US Supreme Court has approved a
rule change that could allow law
enforcement to remotely search
computers around the world.” – BBC
News [11]
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21. Not Just
America:
“As a result of SCISA [Bill C-51], 17 government institutions involved in national security would
have virtually limitless powers to monitor and, with the assistance of Big Data analytics, to
profile ordinary Canadians, with a view to identifying security threats among them.”
– Michael Geist [12]
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22. We have allowed fear and vanity to govern
our decisions. And in return, we’ve lost our
most basic human right.

23. “The choice for mankind lies between freedom and
happiness. And for the great bulk of mankind,
happiness is better.” – George Orwell, 1984 [13]

24. Works Sited
[1] Zephoria. "Top 20 Facebook Statistics - Updated March 2016." Zephoria Inc. Zephoria, 27 Apr. 2016. Web. 31 May 2016.
[2] Michael O'Grady. "Michael O'Grady's Blog." SMS Usage Remains Strong In The US: 6 Billion SMS Messages Are Sent Each Day.
Forrester, 19 June 2012. Web. 31 May 2016.
[3] "Home, hacked home; The internet of things." The Economist 12 July 2014: 14(US). Academic OneFile. Web. 30 May 2016.
[4] Turkle, Sherry. "The Documented Life." New York Times 16 Dec. 2013: A25(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 30 May 2016.
[5] Couts, Andrew. "Terms & Conditions: Facebook’s ‘Data Use Policy’ Explained." Digital Trends. Digital Trends, 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 31
May 2016.
[6] Dwoskin, Elizabeth. "Where Were You 3 Minutes Ago? Your Apps Know."WSJ. Wall Street Journal, 23 Mar. 2015. Web. 31 May
2016.
[7] Golbeck, Jennifer. "This App Tracks You While You Shop." Slate Magazine. Slate, 28 Jan. 2014. Web. 31 May 2016.
[8] "Not in Front of the Telly: Warning over 'listening' TV." BBC News. BBC News App, 9 Feb. 2015. Web. 31 May 2016.
[9] "Edward Snowden: Leaks That Exposed US Spy Programme." BBC News. BBC, 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 01 June 2016
[10] "Apple Hits Back at 'corrosive' Claim by US Government." BBC News. BBC, 11 Mar. 2016. Web. 01 June 2016.
[11] "US Supreme Court Approves Expanded Hacking Powers." BBC News. BBC, 29 Apr. 2016. Web. 01 June 2016.
[12] Geist, Michael. "Why The Anti-Terrorism Bill Is Really an Anti-Privacy Bill: Bill C-51's Evisceration of Privacy Protection - Michael
Geist." Michael Geist. N.p., 12 Mar. 2015. Web. 01 June 2016
[13] Orwell, George. 1984. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2008. Print.