If you’re not doing anything wrong, why should you care if you’re being watched? 

 The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. The Constitution protects personal privacy, and every citizen's right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion into their persons, homes, businesses, and property. 

If our “property” is covered under the fourth amendment,  why does our phone not count as property? We pay for it (a little too much some would say), so shouldn’t that constitute the right to have all of the information on our phones protected as well?

We’ve all experienced that “random” ad that pops up on our screen that has a direct correlation to the topic you were just discussing with your friend. You may be thinking, wow what a coincidence! But you may just be protecting yourself from the scary 

realization that we are in fact being listened to. 

"I swear I think you guys are listening." 

According to an article written by Jefferson Graham, CBS This Morning host Gayle King said this to Adam Mosseri who heads up Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. The article states that “allegations were denied”. However, there is certainly no way this is all just a coincidence, one that happens several times each day. 

Through invasion of privacy and the collection of personal information, companies like facebook, can target ads for different people. In fact, Facebook is actually tracking pixels to collect what you’re browsing, which explains why you’ve been receiving ads about Dick’s Sporting Goods after you’ve been looking for those new Air Jordan basketball shoes. Facebook is always looking. If someone was following you, watching your every move, taking notes on your likes and dislikes, tracking where you’ve been, who you’ve been with, and what you’ve been doing, you would most likely be filing a police report this instant. But, on a more serious note, that would be a complete violation of your privacy. And that’s exactly what online apps such as Facebook are doing, but instead of a person stalking you, it’s your own device. So I leave you with one last question; We know that we are being tracked on our devices, yet we still continue to use apps like Facebook. If we are aware of what they are doing, does that not make them liable for the invasion of our private property? 

Check out https://phys.org/news/2019-06-facebook-ads.html for more information!