Privacy

          Privacy in the modern landscape is a pressing issue - due to unmarked territory and a lack of precedence. Cameras are everywhere and you are unable to determine your privacy outdoors, a privilege that was once taken for granted but has since been commoditized and sold against our intentions at heart. For example, companies such as Google has been able to monetize our privacy and tendencies to sell to advertisers. In today's society, the definition of privacy is changing with our norms according to a blog posted by Daniel Reed. He argues that the physical aspect of privacy is becoming less relevant as the Internet is taking over our virtual lives. Many of the companies that we sell our privacy to do a poor job of protecting our information. Take for example, the University of Maryland security breach, who exposed 300,000 records of students, faculty and staff dating back to 1998. Mass aggregation of information poses this risk and ultimately harm the people in the information rather than the company that leaks it themselves. With new media mediums becoming massively integrated in society, privacy is becoming more relevant than ever. Privacy has become a monetized  commodity, one where information is sensitive and sold to the highest bidder.