Nowadays technology is increasingly being used to monitor what people are saying and doing (for example, through cellphone tracking and security cameras). In many cases, the people being monitored are unaware that this is happening. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Technology has come a long way since the

last

decade, today, at the click of a button people from two corners of the world can connect with each other.

Although

technology advancements have significantly made our lives better, there are,

however

, unaccounted drawbacks as well,

such

as telephone tracing and collecting personal data, that can sometimes undermine the beneficial side of technology.

Firstly

, online advertisements have now occupied a large proportion of the advertisement sector but, in some cases, they steal more data than displayed. Online promotions work on a tailored algorithm.

In other words

, the ads someone finds on the web are tailored according to one's interests,

for example

,football, coffee or cars.

This

data can be collected in the form of online surveys or social media.

Although

in a few scenarios, minute personal data is taken by websites , companies like Facebook gather every single detail of individuals who wish to create a Facebook account.

This

personal information, if misused, can cause for pressing matters among corporations or even countries.

Secondly

, communication over social media sites/applications,

for instance

,WhatsApp, has become seamless and available to every common person.

However

, these applications only seem to be taking "encrypted" measures. For the most part, they collect information from text messages and online calls and archive them in their database.

Although

these conversations have helped the government in tracking criminals and frauds, at the same time, hackers have taken them to their advantage by selling stolen information or recording personal calls and use them as blackmail. In my opinion, technology is one of the aspects in our lives that play an essential role but, brings along disadvantages which can cause for either minor arguments between two people or bring havoc upon the country.