{"id":525,"date":"2022-01-21T11:55:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/?p=525"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:55:50","slug":"can-we-really-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/2022\/01\/21\/can-we-really-avoid-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we really avoid it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Report says, Team USA athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympic games have been advised to leave their personal phones to avoid being tracked while or after the Olympic games and are being encouraged to use burner phones while they there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This really makes me wonder, with how far we have come using smart mobile devices, smart security systems for our homes, etc. If corporations or the government decide that they want to track us, is there really a way to avoid it? Do we go back to using archaic means of communication? Do we stop using the technology that has been developed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measures like the ones that have been advised to Team USA will cause discomfort, it might not be a lot but the discomfort is there. Although, they tried to find a solution to this by advising the athletes to use burner phones instead, It makes it difficult to talk to their families who are not going to be allowed to travel with them to Beijing due to COVID-19 protocol. It also does not allow them to make posts to social media which could be important for them as they will want to show the world that they won a medal as soon as possible but can not and have to wait until the end of the Olympics and go back home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all the technological developments that have been made and how they work, the only solution to protecting our privacy will be similar to those that the athletes have been advised to take, using older forms of technology. For some people, using older forms of technology will not be a big deal, but for a lot of people that depend on technology a lot, it will affect how they go about a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lots of people use smart security in their homes. They have cameras at their front doors, in their homes, Locks that are connected by networks and so much more. These cameras are connected to networks and these networks can be tapped. Changing security systems and going back to using keys and locks may not prove difficult but it does incur cost on the owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Televisions and Entertainment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lots of speakers and TVs now have in built in microphones in them that listen for you to give them instructions. These are usually connected to the internet as well and are possibly always listening except, perhaps, they are unplugged. Using older TVs and other forms of entertainment should not create a big deal but it depends on the person that we’re talking about and how much that person depended on these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smartphones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our phones are devices we carry about everywhere and where we probably keep a lot of our information on. It is probably an extremely efficient way of watching people, you basically monitor their every move. Using Burner phones like the way the USA athletes have been advised to do will actually change the way of life for a lot of people because I believe that a lot of the world’s population depend on their smartphones a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/team-usa-reportedly-tells-athletes-not-to-take-their-phones-to-winter-olympics\/<\/li>
  2. https:\/\/www.eff.org\/issues\/privacy<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Report says, Team USA athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympic games have been advised to leave their personal phones to avoid being tracked while or after the Olympic games and are being encouraged to use burner phones while they there. This really makes me wonder, with how far we have come using smart mobile … <\/p>\n

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