We are all threatened with immortality. Juan Enriquez explains, in his TEDtalk, how our digital footprint, or what he likes to call electronic tattoo, will far outlive our physical selves. Facial recognition technology has gotten exceedingly advanced and will only get better. He talk about the concerns of electronic tattoos and cleverly ties them into Greek mythologies. Enriquez compares the rock rolling up and down from the story of Sisyphus to our own reputation. You must be careful what you post as it will make your reputation fluctuate. He compares our loved ones to Eurydice and us to Orpheus, as he warns us to refrain from looking into their past. As a last warning, Enriquez tells us not to be like Narcissus so as to not fall in love with our reflection.
Catherine Crump's TEDtalk reveals shocking information about how law enforcement has been collecting data on all citizen's, not just one's who commit wrongdoings. With Automatic License Plate Readers, officers have scans of every car that passes by these hidden and abundant devices. This allows them to track any vehicles location. What's worse, the federal government has all of this information stored on a database. The government having access to this information feels violating and instills fear in how this information can be abused.
"Our telephones and the networks that carry our calls were wired for surveillance... first and foremost". Christopher Soghoian informs us in his TEDtalk that phone companies have provided easy access for governments to wiretap our phone calls. On the bright side, Silicon Valley companies have not. Those who own an iPhone and use the Messages or Facetime app are completely free from surveillance. This fact reassured me after beholding the terrifying realization that anyone's phone call can be surveilled by the government.
The problems that these speakers articulate, as well as my own fear of rapidly advancing AI, leads me to hope for laws or regulations protecting citizens from "immortality".
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