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This article is a MSN report about phone companies shady practices. Through legal avenues, phone companies are able to sell our personal information to outside sources without our knowledge.

Goes in depth about what exactly rooting your phone is. Provides why you should do it and how it can help. Fully opens your phone, not common enough

Is the loss of civil liberties worth the convenience of technology?

Technology has and will always be a huge part of my life. Having grown up with a brother heavily into gaming, programming, and IT work I got to see first hand the in's and out's of how the web works. It all comes down to how you manage your own security. Of course, there will always be the paranoia of being monitored but that has been happening for a long time. It all comes down to being cautious with what you do alone and or over technologies.

This book captures the many facets of information gathering by digital dossiers. It reminded me of the recent unveiled programs called Tempora and Prism used by the United Kingdom and NSA. The extent of these programs capacity to siphon user data iset deeply guarded and not known in detail, however the dossiers gathered by our internet traffic on an individual basis should alarm users. I belive privacy is priceless, if I told my grandfather who passed in 2006 the extent we divulge our personal information on social media he would probably find it unbelievable. He was born in 1920 became an officer in the United States Air Force and served in WW2. The idea of privacy has changed with each generation. The way we perceive the handheld devices we all carry as young as the age of 5, may seem to our greatest generation who is currently exiting our society as a mere tracking device for big brother. This reading was very informative.

The article examines dangers of cell phone use while driving, laws passed to restrict usage, and whether it is a state or local issue.

A bill is running through congress that can make it required to have phones have the option to unlock- freedom

Highlights the holes one must jump through just to jump from carrier to carrier. Must fight to make simpler, mandatory, and widespread.

Another stance on the bill in congress that deals with phone unlocking. Notes that there is a force of over 100,000 americans who all want to be able to OWN their device.

Article about the government monitoring the public. Talks about the monitoring of phone calls, emails, and internet activity.

Talks about ban on texting and driving laws. Discusses whether personal freedom or public safety is most important.

This article introduces the concerns of what driving and texting causes. The article however does include the benefits of what driving without texting can cause.

Talk about the bill and the fact that the DMCA tried to make such an act like unlocking your phone punishable with prison time and fines.

Provides steps on how to jailbreak an iphone. The apple version of opening your phone up to the community. Leads to unsigned code and deeper development and even unlocking

Another tutorial on how to jailbreak your i-device. Another view at it and enables users to get a deeper look at their phone. Encourages technological growth

In Michigan State police is able to download information from the cell phones of people they pull over. It is a violation of the Constitution's 4th Amendment.

The US Department of Justice has been tracking American calls for 10 years. The DEA says it used phone calls to track drug trafficking in foreign countries. They tracked both outgoing and incoming calls.

Has the world become too dependent on technology? Should people lay off of the phones and get back to life?

James Rosen, a fox news reporter got his hand on classified information about a source in North Korea. Government is now taking his and Fox News' phone records and such.

Article in defense of the bill that is facing opposition in DC. Provides arguments as to why this bill should pass and the effects it could have.

The National Security Agency has greatly expanded since September 11, 2001. People have come forward and recently exposed the corruption of the system, and the spying the agency has conducted on millions of Americans, through phone calls and other mass forms of media we consume everyday.

I understand the reason for the surveillance, but I feel that if they find nothing wrong, they should move on. I also feel that it is a violation of peoples' rights to privacy. If I was a suspected terrorist or caught peeping on sites that I shouldn't, please track me so that I don't hurt anyone or do irreparable damage. However, if you spy on me and all I do is talk to family and do homework, pay bills and occasionally visit Facebook, then just leave me alone. Spend the time watching someone that you should be.

Whether the NSA is listening to you or not, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, they are not sharing your information with others, nor are they even listening closely to your conversation. The NSA was weakened through the repealing of the patriot act last year, and since there have been 3 major terror attacks on the homeland, a clear rise in terror in the homeland through the gained power of terrorist due to paranoia from American citizens, who value privacy over safety.