Kamel Smida-Crispin from Belgium Having a private life is becoming more and more difficult. The thing is that today everything we do is recorded on computers. We cannot even order a pizza without being asked our phone number. For some people, it might be a problem. A total stranger can, with one touch of his computer, have all the information about your life. That's the price we pay as our world moves with technology. Soon we will just have to put our thumb on a screen and everything about our private life will appear.
What baffles me is why people want to put their noses in each other's business. Private investigators are a good example of how some people are paid to snoop and spy on the private lives of people. The worst thing is that not only are they paid to do their job, but they often overcharge for their work. This job has to be forbidden because it is against the right to have a private life. The fact that anyone can eavesdrop on other people does not really bother me; I think that it is human nature to be curious. What does bother me, however, is that some people do it for the purpose of hurting someone.
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