Our discussion this morning and reading "Little Brother" has made me go out and look up other technology information. I've gone out and bookmarked almost every major technology incident in the book for future use. I wanted to see if I could duplicate some of the technology that is in the book. I've looked up more sites relating to this book then I did in all of my classes combined last year. Since reading the book I set up TOR, looked up encryption, research linux, and have looked up botnets. I've learned so much about the type of technology that's available and love it.
Reading about google and what is happening in China made me so upset. After reading that and then hearing that the US government can see each monitor made me mad. The government has no right to spy on what you do or to censor sites. Spying on us violates our personal privacy. It is stalking set to the maximum creepiness. If the government has not right to control what you see and don't see, that job is for your parents. If they want to ban you from a website, they should be able to. The Declaration of Independence states that we have the unalienable right of liberty. Liberty: the state of being free within a society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. After reading and discussing this, I want to go out and research the history behind the censoring of websites in China. I also want to know more about the China vs. google event.
The 3 strikes rule pissed me off. For starters, they don't always tell you when you get a strike and why you got it. Sometimes it isn't your fault that you go to specific website that causes you to get a strike. On the 3rd strike you have no Internet privileges for the rest of your life. I wouldn't have my Internet privileges any more.
Everything that has related to technology from the discussions and readings I have done research on to find out more about it. Most of it I have loved.
