Privacy on Internet (Week 14)

Privacy on the internet has been a problem since the early 2000's. Once cameras were added on laptops, computers and smartphones, people accused the government of watching them through the camera lens and up to this day I still see people with their cameras taped. I never understood this type of paranoia people have with the government watching you. I'm not saying that they aren't, they definitely are watching you but why do you care? In this digital age, they can watch you through alot more than your cameras. As long as you're on a public wifi they can probably watch what you're doing on the computer itself and they definitely know your location. At this point, why even try to hide yourself?  If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about I understand that it's the general idea that you're always being watched and that can be unsettling but as long as you aren't trying to plan a terrorist attack, they won't really bother you (based on the conspiracy theories). But following my philosophy, my views have changed over the years. I used to have all of my social media private but I don't care anymore. All of the things that I post and comment on are NC-17 so I'm  not worried about my boss being anything that I wouldn't show my grandma. The only social media outlet that I actually keep private is my snapchat because it's mainly for my friends/ people I meet. I don't let strangers follow me on that platform. The trick to keeping things private things "private" on the internet is my not sharing them with anyone and keeping your personal ideas/ memories in your head where they belong.