Many people are excited about new technological advancements and next-generation devices that are being invented and discovered. The world is moving at an extremely rapid pace; so fast that it's almost impossible to keep up with the latest news. The “latest and greatest” isn’t exactly what people think, however. Some of the most interesting inventions range from giant billion-dollar global satellites that record and store your every text and call to the seemingly innocuous front-facing cameras on your iPhones that could be turned on and recording at any time. The crisis is such that a recent MIT study by Gary T. Marx showed that technology has become so bad that "the ratio between what an individual knows about himself (or is capable of knowing) versus "what a government official can obtain as such" to the extent that personal information moves to the official. Just thinking that someone has the ability to know more about you than you know yourself shows what technology is capable of. The only solution to such a problem would be for the government to make every bit and byte of data collected public and provide citizens with a way to know when their information is being collected. Government espionage is simply a case of the end justifying the means. Fortunately, our government believes that intruding on everyone's personal information can bring real benefits. One of the main benefits proposed by the government is to put an end to terrorism. With just a few keywords, an individual's text messages can be flagged and prioritized for review as a possible terrorism attempt. According to a recent 2013 survey by the Pew Research Center, 56 percent of Americans are able to have this right, while still being able to operate and possibly prevent terrorism for years. real.Works CitedMarx, Gary T. “Privacy and Technology.” Privacy and technology. Np, and Web. March 30, 2014. Nakashima, Ellen. "Collecting NSA phone records does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says." Washington Post. The Washington Post, January 12, 2014. Web. April 1, 2014. “Majority views NSA phone tracking as an acceptable counterterrorism tactic.” » Pew Research Center for the People and the Press RSS. Pew Research Center, June 10, 2013. Web. April 1, 2014.Avirgan, Jody. "A running list of what we know the NSA can do. So far." The Brian Lehrer Show. New York Public Radio, January 17, 2014. Web. April 01, 2014.Mick, Jason. "DailyTech - Audit: NSA agents broke the law nearly 3,000 times between 2011 and 2012." DailyTech.com. DailyTech LLC, August 16, 2013. Web. March 29. 2014.