Other parallels about social media in regards to surveillance can potentially lead and influence other companies to do what social media are prone to do, collecting data. As we all know %99 of social media are free to sign up as in return for their free services, they typically collect some sort of data. With this in mind, I have recently found out that Microsoft Office is free for anybody. However, the catch is that it's only free via an internet browser, which means you would have to be signed in online with a Microsoft account to access Windows Office. Users with, pro membership can still download the desktop version to use it offline for 69.99 dollars per year. So this leads me to believe that Microsoft could collect data from those free users. With this in mind, could other companies release free versions of their products to collect data? I believe in the near future such things as offering a free version of production in exchange for data could be a thing.
Furthermore, I believe we surveil each other upon or personal interest as the government does to us. Some examples can range from looking through the profile of a person we like, or looking at someone's collection, or places where people hang out; however just as it's easy to spy on our friends or secret crush, the government can do the same. Some of the problems that this might create are determining whether the content been shared is real or not. Government surveillance would cost a lot of money and time, to surveillance millions of online users. Deciding whether things been shared is worth their surveillance time and money could be the deal-breaker. Those the government should have its limits when it comes to surveillance unless real awareness is raised about a particle subject matter. Just like the government should have limits, we should consider having our own limits when it comes to surveilling others, as it's worth our time or not.
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