And today brings a close to Privacy Lost with the fifth segment, "For celebs, price of fame is rising."
This article sheds some light on exactly how high tensions are between celebrities and paparazzi. The same methods used by government agencies to monitor citizens are basically the same used to stalk celebrities. Long-lens cameras and listening devices top the list of preferred methods to invade privacy. Being a high profile name means a celebrity is vulnerable to identity theft since so much information can be found about them. While identity theft is a major concern to anyone, celebrities find that their biggest privacy risk comes in the form of high-tech, highly aggressive media. Celebrities can't even be safe in their own homes anymore.
Although, as the article mentions, some celebrities cry wolf and say they have no privacy while airing their dirty laundry on realty TV shows and websites. It ultimately brings us back to the main point of Privacy Lost, talk and actions are miles apart when discussing privacy. We all say that we want more privacy and that we will take the steps to make it happen, but when push comes to shove....nothing.
While the article focuses on issues from 2006, everything presented throughout the five parts has lost no relevance. As time progresses so does technology and the way people use it. Privacy is something is taken for granted. We don't notice when privacy is there. It is just assumed, until someone threatens to take our privacy away.
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