Weekly #2

In the article, Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked?, Sarah Kessler discusses some extremities
to be completely offline in today's society where surveillance, in the case of the NSA's broad surveillance program, is inevitable.
From license plates to credit cards, we are constantly leaving behind data that could easily be tracked and obtained by other
people. This becomes increasingly problematic in instances where our habits and daily routines are being monitors by large companies
and government agencies. As the article points out, even posting photos on Facebook of our friends is a way to expose them to
these surveillance methods. In contrast to Kessler' article, The Male Gaze, an article written by Kate Losse, connects the state
of surveillance to women's identity online. She argues that women face multiple forms of surveillance like in the case of Facebook
culture that target photos of women, a virtual male gaze in its simplest form. Simultaneously, she talks about the problems with
this virtual gaze such as abuse, spying, and hacking of online personal data.