501 Critical Reading Questions

c.
our actions are constantly observed and recorded.
d.
we are always afraid that someone might be watching us.
e.
there is rampant exchange of information in cyberspace.
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137.
According to the passage, a key difference between the prison
panopticon and the modern technological panopticon is that
a.
the prisoners can see their observers, but we can’t.
b.
today’s prisons are too crowded for the panopticon to work.
c.
prisoners are less informed about privacy issues than technology
users.
d.
the prisoners are aware that they may be being watched, but we
often don’t even know we are being monitored.
e.
prisoners are more protected in their panopticon than we are in
ours.
138.
The passage suggests that all of the following contribute to the
erosion of privacy EXCEPT