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This is actually kind of funny, but it does show how easy it is for companies to spy on people. This company goes over board tracking this stolen computer. 

Article talks about how the Supreme Court has yet to make this issue legal or not. The police want to use these call phone devices as a way of tracking everyone.

I especially like the concept put forth by Sonia Sotomayor's contention that the old laws don't hold well in the digital age. Change is NOT bad.

I am glad that the Supreme Court stopped Police from just tracking people without warrant. 

This article describes the idea of a "roving bug," which is how the FBI can tap into your cellphone conversations. Apparently, all cellphones have built-in tracking devices that enable the government to listen, and to track you. This assists the government in catching criminals, but makes the public feel as if their privacy is being invaded.

This article is about how Facial recognition over steps our civil rights when it is used in a public setting tracking unaware citizens.

Private companies are using tracking devices and selling information to other companies and even law enforcement. It then gets into your privacy should be "justified". There are a couple of links that lead to other pages, one of which tell how we leave behind trails of information with sites that we visit.

How the European Union (EU) decides to move forward with their online privacy laws in regard to personal information, will greatly impact how the U.S. proceeds with theirs. The "economic partnership" between the two nations are so heavily intertwined, that legislations across seas will impact U.S. companies. The EU has implemented legislations protecting the rights of online customers. Meanwhile, in the U.S., companies have been reluctant to work with the government in providing U.S. online customers the same protection, because the majority of their profits stem from online advertising. These advertisements work so well because companies have been able to track consumer activities and in turn cater to them according to their habits. Implement government regulations that prevent big companies from doing that and their profits will plummet.

In this article shows why authorities want to access our WiFi and computers. Authorities also made deals with technology companies to includes backdoor to track people's whereabouts.

Many Govt. websites use unauthorized software to track users. There has been 64 reported Govt. websites using this software. They did this by tracking the cookies that other computers pick up while visiting their sites.

Website tracking the Occupy moment world wide. Gives constant updates to whats happening where, and how authorities are responding.

As technology becomes more popular, we begin to lose our privacy. The internet is becoming harder to avoid, and personal lives are becoming more public. Websites track your use of the internet- where you go, what you do, etc. In some ways this can be beneficial, as people cannot hide who they are anymore. IRS scandals, disease outbreaks, companies abusing power; all at our fingertips. This has sparked the debate between what is more important: your privacy? or our nation's security?

This article explains that there is basically no debate anymore over privacy vs security; privacy lost long ago. With the advent of the "information age" privacy largely died quietly and without much thought. Now that things like Google and Facebook exist, and we spit out private information without much thought, the debate is over.

Introduction Types of Social Networks What Information is Public? Information a User Shares Information Gathered Through Electronic Tracking Who Can Access Information?