Illusion of Privacy

Technology has made it increasingly simple to watch people. Whenever you leave the house to go shopping, there's a good chance your on camera and nowadays you never know when you're being listened to while on the phone. Granted this is for security purposes, and people should expect a lesser amount of privacy while in public places.

I don't necessarily think that people are constantly being watched, listened to, or monitored but I do think that peoples activities create a trail that can be traced back to that person. Just from browsing websites we get tracking cookies that are automatically installed onto our computers. Some companies even sell our information to 3rd parties. The illusion of privacy is not to be blamed on any one assailant because methods of this madness come in all different shapes and sizes. It can be as small as a tracking cookie, or as big as a social networking site. It can be generic or personal.. While its obvious that Social networking sites have increased the ease of obtaining personal information, the illusion of privacy is something that existed long before facebook and twitter, and its here to stay.