Longing

The Art of Peeping-- The Gaurdian

Even though Svenson won his trial under the first amendment, I do not believe that what he did was right. I believe that everyone has the right to their privacy in their own homes. If someone is walking in the street or anywhere public, that is a different story. Furthermore, Svenson putting these pictures in a gallery and exhibited them without permission, should be illegal.

However, I did like how Yokomizo left a letter for his neighbors in their mailboxes by saying, I am making a gallery of people I don't know, but if you do not want to participate, put your curtains down so I know you do not want to participate. If Svenson did that before submitting his gallery, I feel that the whole trial and the problems would have been avoided since permission was given.

How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill his Secrets

First off, I thought the beginning of the article was a little bit sketchy. If I received a curious email from someone I would not give them any access to communicate with me. Furthermore, if the person tells you about a more secure system, I would seriously consider contacting the police because it sounds like this person is trying to get you to do something illegal.

I do find it kind of strange as to why they were suspecting Poitras, a journalist, to have anything to do with the raid. Even though she was being accused of these actions, and being held out of the country for two hours, I like how she still traveled the world showing her films. It seemed like wherever she went she was being stopped by guards and taken to a room for questioning.

I was a little confused about if the government was trying to catch Poitras or the people she was documenting for her film. She is going to stay out of America and doesn't have set plans on coming back. If they went back, they would be running into a lot of angry people. On top of that, a lot of governments that wanted possession of the thousands of N.S.A documents they still have. In the end, she thinks the days of having her privacy are gone.

The Medium is the Message 1-20

• I sometimes think about how life was before technology was even created. I think about how people got in touch with each other right away if something is wrong. We are very lucky to have the technology we have today. In the first couple of pages, McLuhan talks about how everything is changing, even what we say. Now that everything can be traced through emailing and texting, people have to be careful with what they say. Unlike the times before technology where no one needed to worry about any of this.
• What I did not understand fully was when he said children growing up is absurd because they live in two different worlds. I don't know what he means by two worlds. 
• I am interested in point when he said, "the womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and the communities need to know." With all this new technology people think they have the right to know other peoples business. He also points out that everyone is so involved with each other that the new environment can't be programmed. 
• It is like McLuhan is against technology.

Me watching tv for 24 hours

Things I do within 10 feet of my cell phone

1. watch tv
2. go on the computer
3. sleep
4. walk
5. eat
6. socialize
7. text
8. talk on the phone
9. work out
10. do homework
11. went to class