It has now been commonly discussed that current military conflict around the world has accelerated the excuse to erase privacy due to the USA now being in the last stage of Empire. This can be compared to when Britain tried to hold onto power in its colonies, the last failure was the Rhodesian rebellion. Privacy is also directly related to the financial state of an Economy, when during a depression, war is created as a distraction from disparity.
One such example today in living memory is Libya, it’s used in the media as a tactic to distract from the financial burden while also allowing Government’s to erase privacy in aid of fighting terrorism. Terrorism, which is always indirect and in aid of a Humanitarian catastrophe is created, to help overthrow a government helps terrorism grow. Â
War that is seen to be perpetual and created by governments with a strong military tradition produces this to stave off financial ruin. Hence why privacy is dead on a global scale, but also in the growth of the number of Internet connected devices we have today. During the start of the growth of the Internet it was considered to be a world based communication system, this meant it was free from regulation or very little government intervention.
Governments can legislate new laws against privacy but at a cost to its citizens is far greater in the fact if there was ever the rise of a dictatorship in that nation, lives would be at risk. This also normally arises due to a financial collapse on a global scale. Â However if the world was not in a large state of conflict, privacy that is dead can theoretically improve the lives of a nation in terms of health but it increases the chances of conflict and the rise to a dictatorship.
The information, which is called ‘big data’, allows organisation’s to classify people in order of personality and tastes. While it maybe unethical it the fact that a large portion of unambiguous data could help identify an individual. Also the use of that persons data is neither informed to the individual about it’s status and the protection of that data that could be transported over countries boarders can prove to be a big risk. Big data in an enclosed environment would be considered to be ethical if data is stored and administered within the same entity, such as health where IBM Watson is using Big Data to help doctors improve the viability of treatment’s.