<h2>Topic: Do we place too little value on privacy? </h2>
<pre><code> It is without doubt that with the development of human species comes a set of drawbacks. While technology might have contributed to the fact that our next generation places little to no value on privacy, it indubitably has more to do with the people themselves. They are the ones that agree to leave their personal lives vulnerable, and with that decision comes a great deal of disquiet.
Facebook, co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg; Twitter; and all social media websites are some of the reasons why privacy is not as valued as it used to be. The "Like" and "Favorite" factors of Facebook and Twitter respectively are the driven forces of sharing your personal stories. It gives you the motivation to post more of your personal life; people like your status, and you get the satisfaction of knowing that hundreds and maybe even thousands of people like that story. This coupled with the fact that more of these websites are in the making makes it a no-brainer that privacy is indeed not valued anymore.
Recently, people in the United States of America claimed that their government has been and still is spying on them. A few articles on the internet show the leakage of documents between the NSA and a few big companies, social media websites, databases, and many others. Facebook was one of them. It reached a point where Mark Zuckerberg himself had to make an announcement confirming that in no way is he giving personal information to the government. Whether or not these claims are true, it only goes to show that the fact that attempts are being made to invade others’ privacy, and possibly use the information against the people degrades the value of privacy.
Given the above examples, it is obvious that privacy is a factor of life that might cease to exist in the future, who knows? Maybe it is for the best, but for now, it is definitely a factor humans need to value more.
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