High-Tech Gadgets: Ultimate Freedom Or Complete Loss Of Privacy?

Reprinted with permission from FindLaw.com

Everywhere we go these days, the people around us are busy utilizing their high tech gadgets. They may be making phone calls, sending emails, surfing the Internet, creating work-related documents, listening to music, watching videos - the list goes on and on. And all of these activities can be performed on wireless devices that are as small as a deck of cards.

In fact, this really is not about "they" or "them" - it is really about "we" and "us." We are living life with and through our hand-held devices. The real question is whether this is a positive or negative development.

On the one hand, the ability to perform many tasks remotely and easily can be viewed as very liberating. On the other hand, living life through data and capturing equipment can lead to a true loss of privacy. Let's explore this dichotomy a bit further.