The Net, The Matrix, Enemy of the State: Look at identities

In this age of growing dependency on computers, and more specifically, the Internet, to accomplish daily tasks, personal privacy online has become an increasingly important issue. Internet users expect everything from the web sites they visit to the software they run not to infringe upon their privacy, which unfortunately is not always the case. The increasing frequency of these occurrences signifies a disturbing trend. In movies such as “The Net”, “Enemy of the State” and “The Matrix”, various cases of extreme interference in people’s privacy are shown. If nothing is done to curb this problem, the cases, which are lives being altered by private individuals and government, identities being crushed, and being led to believe lies, shown in these three movies may become unexpectedly plausible in the near future.

In one of the three movies, “The Net”, Sandra Bullock’s character’s privacy was violated and altered by private individuals. Everything about her was foun...