In this day and age, privacy is an ever more rare and valuable commodity. Technologies such as the Internet and smartphones have brought unprecedented ease and speed to information discovery. Just like everything, these developments have their pros and cons. On the positive side, useful information, education, and knowledge can be spread quickly and empower people globally. People around the world who have traditionally been disadvantaged from information asymmetries now have the tools that can give them an equal opportunity to pursue their personal development goals and dreams. However, on the downside, the same technology can empower entities with dubious agendas to spy on people, like Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's classic dystopian novel published in 1949.
There are malicious hackers who break into central servers to steal valuable...