Privacy writing

When (if ever) is it right to intrude on another's privacy?  Is privacy a "right?"

Good question and depends on who you ask and what the perimeters are.  As discussed in the paper by Allen we see that she uses many divers areas to conclusion at the end of her paper that individuals typically don't spy, while it is the government who does spy for the country's protection.  My favorite approach or example of this good vs. bad question of spying is the one regarding children.  It is said that the brain doesn't fully develop until the age of 25.  A person below this age usually doesn't think with the prefrontal cortex of the brain to make rational judgements.  People over the age of 25 do better with this task.  Because teens are more emotional they might, for instance, meet up with a stranger they met over the internet, who could then harm them.  Teens tend to make more emotional decisions.  Because of this it is a good idea to "spy" on your children.  Outside of that I feel that privacy is a "right."  It is a right because we need our own personal space, without judgements made about us.

In your post contextualize your ideas in relation to Allen or Warren and Brandeis.

I feel that Allen has a broader idea about spying.  She uses lots of examples and includes one used by Hewlett Packard.  They overstepped their boundaries, to the point of potentially exposing other privately held companies  Had their information been brought to the forefront, there might have been larger consequences and the issue at hand could have gotten out of hand.

Warren and Brandeis seem to be come to a smoother transition in their thoughts regarding privacy and spying.  They go from "The right to be let alone," to the ever growing changes in the tech society such as gathering data.  Times have changed at a very fast pace and we can use the data that is so out there to either help us, by taking that data such as following our food choices to helping us make better food choices when we shop, to using them in a bad way by purposely exposing their health records, which might be used against you discriminatory manner.

Please discuss how you could apply your beliefs about privacy to a decision you might make about whether or not to apply techniques that you have learned in our course so far, such as Google hacking.

It was my task to get a classmates address and send them a letter to their house.  Someone's address is a personal piece of information, all the way back to the "White Pages"  You could choose to be 'unlisted" on purpose to privatize your information.  It can be done again if you are not interested in having your information on the internet.  Do I believe in using information against someone in a harmful way?  No, I don't.

I politely explained my task to them in an email, and knowing I am a classmate, could they please  give me their address.  So I could send them their letter for class.  I didn't get a response, so I dropped it.  They obviously don't care to give out that information, so I dropped it.