How Private is Our Privacy?

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When we sit in our homes, use our cell phones, meet up with friends, go to church, etc., we don't entertain the idea of being watched. Recently, people have begun covering the cameras on the front of their laptops, computers, and cell phones, some of them joking that "the government is watching". Is it a joke, though? Not only the government, but others are watching us, constantly, random strangers on the internet, banks, potential and current employers, schools, and a multitude of other people and entities are keeping eyes on us. Our personal information is not so personal when it is constantly accessed by others. While sometimes this information is necessary for identification or other legitimate reasons, it is way too accessible.
Personally, I always though that I have done nothing wrong, I have not committed crime, I do not post bad things, why would the government, or anyone for that matter, have any interest in watching me, or looking at my information. Reality is, whether you have done something or not, your information is everywhere. Police departments have amazing technological capabilities that can track you based on your license plate and your cell phone, companies can use advancements for advertisements, the list goes on. We joke about our privacy when we think about purchasing something, and then the advertisements for that item pop up everywhere. Why is that? When we type something into our phone, when we get in our car and we go somewhere, someone out there knows about it, or has the capabilities to find out. Whether you are online posting about your life, or sitting in your home or car minding your own business, your information is accessible to someone. My original idea about my information now seems extremely naive.
In the age of technology, with facial recognition and fingerprint scanners on our cell phones, everything we post online being archived somewhere, our credit being accessible to employers, banks, and others, no information that we own about ourselves is exclusively ours, someone else always has it. It is a scary thought to know that someone out there, whether it is the government, a corporation or business, or just everyday people,  can access even our most personal information. In all honesty, it makes me want to just close my computer, delete all of my social media, and be done with it all, but it seems that even with a limited online presence, our information still is unsafe. Some might argue that if you have done nothing wrong, why does it matter that your information is accessible to others aside from yourself, or those you have explicitly gave access to. Your information is your information and you have a right to your privacy.
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