Modern Technology and Its 1984 Parallel

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chips, which can determine the geographical location of a phone through satellites. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a regulation making it mandatory for ninety-five percent of cell phones in North America to carry these GPS chips (Pegorano 1). With tracking devices implemented in the majority of cell phones, law enforcement officers have the ability to know one’s location 24 hours a day. Besides being able to track the physical location of a person, technology has made it possible to track the digital footprints left by someone on the internet. Every computer has an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is unique to itself, and every time a website is visited or an email is sent, the IP address of the user is recorded and stored (2). A person’s IP address can be used to find the exact location of the computer from which a website is visited, or an e-mail is sent. The ability to track a person at any given time, whether through their cell phone or through their ...

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evidence. In fact, 62% of police departments use social networks for criminal investigations (IACP 1). It has become a popular method of investigation because of the anonymity; as a user, there is no way to determine who has the ability to look at one’s profile. Most importantly, people do not know that everything they say online is valid evidence, and can be used to incriminate them. If an underage teenager has pictures of themselves drinking alcohol, they can be charged based on those pictures (McCaney 1). This technology has created much more information available for people to find on the internet, and you are held accountable for everything there (1). Facebook has launched a new ...

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