The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Rapid growth in communication technology poses significant risks to personal privacy.
- In plain terms
- New tech tools make it harder to keep private.
- What can you take from it?
- Advancements in communication threaten individual privacy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you protect your data?
- Is privacy worth the cost?
Another view
Some security benefits come from these same tools.
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