Databases aren't just used to make searching easy. People are trying to learn about who we are as an individual. They are painting a portrait of us, even without ever showing them our face. Even Google is behind this. You can even see what Google has found out about you for their AdSense program. They are learning your age, gender, likes and dislikes, what languages you speak just based on what you type into Google.
If Google is finding out all of this information on you just based on what you search - what does that say about every other aspect in our lives? How easy is it to find out our most secure information and to track us down?
Erasing David challenged this, and information we all think is secure and completely confidential can actually be incredibly easy to get a hold of. After 18 days of being on the run David was found at his wife's appointment. All investigators had to know in order to find out about when and where this appointment was being held was the name of David's wife and her birthday. Anyone can get that kind of information, it's on your Facebook calendar for crying out loud! It's practically virtually impossible to keep living a modern and sane lifestyle without people having complete capability of finding out where exactly we are. I guess maybe all we can do is be smart about what kind of information we share on the Internet, and when we share it. A common example is by not posting Facebook statuses about when you are attending a certain event because that makes a very precise window for thieves to come into your home and be out of there before you even head home from wherever it was you were.
Paige, I haven't even read your post yet, but I LOVE the GIF. I laughed pretty hard. I guess a lot of movies could show a connection to Erasing David. There is The Truman Show, where Jim Carrey's character is unknowingly televised throughout his whole life in a town that is really only a dome. There are countless horror movies where the villain watches their victim's every move. Even in Paranormal Activity, the characters set up cameras all over their house to watch was happens at night. There is a strong sense of surveillance in hundreds of movies. Why do you think this is? Maybe because it scares the audience most. We all know the feeling of when you are being watched. You can just FEEL someone staring at you sometimes. It's not a great feeling; it's creepy. So, many Hollywood is playing off our own fears. Makes me think, was Erasing David a true story, or was it just a film company trying to make money? A lot of movies, like Paranormal Activity, claim to be a true story and are set up like documentaries, but they're all Hollywood fake. Was Erasing David the same type of story? I guess more research would reveal the mystery.
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