I just finished watching Prison Break season 1 and noticed a lot about the technology being used in the series in their conveyed present setting. They can track people through cellphone calls and bug conversations. Could people in real life really do this? And if they can, how advanced is this technology in our present time? I fear how we are so unaware and uninformed about these things. We have seen in the media that our government and other power hungry groups are capable of such acts of invasion of privacy. It has been mentioned in various cases showed in the news. But then again, how can we trust the news? How do we prevent the high rollers and big time politicians from pulling their strings and connections in order to manipulate what is shown in mainstream media?
Yes, wire tapping is against the law, but how do we know that we are safe? How will this technology affect the privacy and liberty of the world's population? And how will the people's lives adjust in contrast to these setbacks? Indeed, technology is making the world a smaller place and our progress as a whole has been remarkable, but until when will we allow ignorance to rule over us? I don't even fully know how tracking devices and bugging systems work or what they look like and up to what extent their capabilities are. We have been stuck in our daily routines and have conditioned ourselves not to question these things.
A few weeks ago, there was this series of power failures that occurred around the alabang area. I saw a few Meralco trucks working around different locations. I have no idea how those wires work. Some are for cable, telephone, internet, and electricity. A man pretending to be in uniform could easily manipulate those wires and install their devices without the citizens caring or reacting. We have taught ourselves to ignore. Maybe in the future, our government could have anti-conspiracy departments or agencies that will help protect our people from such misleading and deceptive acts. The crimes and violations of rights related to computer mediated communication are easy to conduct and hard to catch. Specially in a third-world country where most of our people are not informed and are not educated about the said topics.
In the future, do you think such advanced tracking systems and wire tapping devices would be available for all? In our past lesson in compmed, we learned that computers used to be only for a few elite groups such as the army. Today, it's already becoming a necessity for academic requirements. It could be possible that the tracking systems would one day be available for all. Family members would be able to locate one another and there would be less missing persons and children. Criminals could be tracked and endangered species could be watched over. The opportunities and benefits are seemingly limitless.
But then again... are we really ready for the future?
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Such tracking mechanisms and technology are presently being used by a lot of countries for different purposes. One example is the radio tracking device attached to a variety of animals from endangered ones to common ones, for purpose of research/study on migration patterns etc. It is also being used to keep track of people around us (Globe tracking) and GPS (Global Positioning System, being attached to new automobiles to give exact directions and location maps.
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