The right to privacy

In today's world everyone is under surveillance all the time. Everything is being monitored. We don't like the idea of all the information on us and our actions being collected and saved to huge data centers. But should something actually be done about it?

When you're on the Internet, your computer's IP address and all the information about which web sites you access is stored on web servers. In theory, the IP address points out the exact location of your computer. As such, if someone finds out your IP, he can find your computer. Anyway, only professionals can read the information in the IP addresses. Plus, most web routers use dynamic IPs, so virtually only your home town can be pinpointed. Also, even though your phoning information is saved, you can phone anonymously using pre-paid services.

Many are more concerned about e-mail threatening your piracy, but it doesn't make sense to worry about it. All our e-mails are stored in data centers, and officials can read them should they need to do so. However, hackers are very unlikely to be able to read them, as all the servers in data centers are well encrypted. In fact, the old-fashioned paper mail is a much bigger threat to privacy, because your mail box is unlikely to have guards around it, and mechanic locks can be broken without much of an effort.

And now to the conclusion. In the modern world, lots of sensitive information is collected, but it's well protected and only for officials to access. It doesn't threaten your privacy too much. Storing all the information makes the world a safer place, so nothing should be done about it.