35. Do You Want the Government Buying Your Data From Corporations?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/do-you-want-the-government-buying-your-data-from-corporations/275431/

Bruce Schneier's article called "Do You Want the government Buying Your Data From Corporations?" directly reflects the title and affirms that our personal information and identity data are widely open for corporations and government institutions to use unprecedentedly. Schneier is able to attain the attention of his readers by listing the facts of the many ways that the government collects all sorts of information about each individual. For instance, Schneier uses an example in which "one Atlantic editor found 105 companies tracking him during one 36-hour period," to demonstrate how we are continuously monitored on the internet. Schneier also mentions the CISPA, a bill currently on its way through Congress. If the bill is passed, all sorts of government agencies will be allowed to collect all sorts of personal data from corporations without any trouble at all. After listing so many ways that the government can collect personal information and recognize each of us, Schneier concludes by stating that the government will no longer need to issue ID cards to people since they will already have all the information about everyone prepared in store for them.

Schneier's employs seriousness and satire in his tone and intends to expose such undesirable facts to the ignorant majority of the population. Schneier's audience includes all general readership without a necessary level of higher education. Schneier's purpose of presenting this article is to inform everyone on the government's collecting of all sorts of personal information, in recognition of everyone's rights to be informed on such issue that directly affects them. With the effective lay out of an abundance of factual evidence, Schneier successfully persuades his readers, giving food for thought, while satisfyingly informing them.