As wonderful as innovation can be, likewise it comes with its effect
It's like there's nothing of good advantages without disadvantages
These innovations cut through every areas of life even to the government whereby moving from military to a government of the people by the people for the people type
It's indeed a wonderful thing but yeah everything good has a bad side
One thing the government is programmed to do is give its citizens the best of what they can get in all areas, this is how you know a good government and doing things like this could require a lot from its citizens like having to know more about the citizen
This brings me to this week's hive learner topic asking if data should be private to the government.
There's a reason for privacy, it's one thing that deprives other people of our space, giving us the right to freedom and preventing us from being vulnerable at the hands of other people
Privacy is essential, privacy is needed in almost every areas of an individual life
It's a crucial thing to be private but as crucial as it May be it's likewise needed sometimes not to be
The government would always strive to make things better for its citizens at least that's the pure intention of a good government but as pure as this may be so can it be abused
What's one good thing that comes with having our data out there?
The most reasonable reason for having our data handed to the government is mainly for security purposes
The government requires our data just to have us protected and prevent criminal activities at least this has been of help in the tracing and tracking of lost items, and fraudsters and protecting lives and properties
This is just a pure intention of a good government, a government without loopholes
But at the same time handing data out to the government poses so many threats to individuals, especially a damaged government
Privacy becomes bridged and what's meant to be private becomes public to the government
Freedom of speech becomes a thing hard to express because of fear of being apprehended
We now begin to live in fear and shackles
Our voice becomes silent and our power is taken from us
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Privacy is needed for safety, and privacy is needed for freedom of speech likewise having our data out is needed for national security but in all a balance is what is required to prevent abuse
A balance to give us our voice even though we know we are prone to be Known
Is there a way to make data private?
Innovations make these things hard now, it's now an easy peasy kind of thing to access data from logins on the internet, from online registrations, sometimes even calls, and even bank transactions
So yeah, making data private can be a hard thing in this era due to how vast innovations have become
The important thing about all these is having a balance from the government end and thereby preventing abuse
In all, it must be balanced to prevent abuse