data privacy theme

also known as: information privacy

The question of appropriate balance between the public expectation of privacy on one hand and various social, legal and political issues on the other, are discussed. Is it, for example, acceptable for the government to snoop on innocent people's browsing habits in order to pick up on potential terrorist threats?

3 total · 1 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
futurama6x03 major Mom spied on everyone. Bender recorded people without their consent and posted it online, and Fry did the same to Leela.
movie: Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) minor The virtual reality entrepreneur Jonathan Walker used his technology to clandestinely look up "all the contributors to fundamental religions over the past five years" and "all hypocritical Democrats making over 300,000 a year".
voy7x04 minor Harry objected to Tuvok reading his personal letters in the name of security