Criminology Assignment | College Homework Help

1.Out of all of the chapters we have read thus far, I found this chapter to be the most interesting. I quickly learned that the majority of products that I purchase and use on a daily basis are coming from corporate offenders who treat their employees inhumanly. I tend to go to Walmart pretty often due to the fact that I can purchase items at a cheaper price than lets say Publix for example. However, what I was unaware of was that the items coming cheaper is coming at the cost of young children working 95 to 110 hours a week and being beaten or tortured for any mistake or accident (Stone, 2014). One of the business that I will certainly be boycotting is Exxon-Mobil. Exxon-Mobil ranks in at number five on the list of the top 100 corporate criminals. The company committed environmental crimes by spilling crackling wastewater into a river in Pennsylvania in 2010 (Upton, 2013). The corporation has no regard for the public health or the environment. In my opinion, the most shocking case of corporate offending was with Apple. Not only was it discovered that there were 106 cases of individuals working who were underage but fourteen employees killed themselves a due to the stress of working long hours and harsh conditions (Stone, 2014). I do have an iPhone and a MacBook laptop that I use daily. After reading about all of the suffering behind the production of these products it certainly makes me think twice. In regards to how much I worry about my privacy while on my smartphone, it’s not to much. Recently, I have been putting more thought into it because I read an article about the app called Tic Tok that supposedly is allowing individuals in China to have access to information on our phones.
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To what extent do you worry about your privacy when using your smart phone? Do you think the state has too much knowledge of your personal information?

I often worry about about my privacy when using my smart phone. I recently learned about a popular app, Tik Tok that many people have downloaded onto their phone. Allegedly, once the app is downloaded onto your phone, you are giving the owners access to your phone in more ways than you think. Your keystrokes are tracked and even website searches. This puts a lot of our personal information at risk. Knowing that applications have the ability to access information on our phones in these ways is a big concern for me, however at the same time, I feel as though it could be beneficial to the state. Feeling as though the state might have too much knowledge of my personal information has a fine line between breach of privacy and safety. On one hand, I feel safe knowing that if my data and others are being tracked, then those who are doing wrong will hopefully get caught and it will possibly lead to less criminal activity. On the other hand, it is a little uncomfortable knowing that the state may know more about me than I think. It makes me feel as though nothing can be kept personal due to all of the tracking going on. I guess this kind of situation is more of a catch 22 in some cases.