What do you think?

”We are theoretically on the verge of being able to eliminate crime in society, in the sense that every person could be under surveillance at all times. But I am certain that we would have major misgivings about living in such a society, because it probably wouldn’t be a good society”, says the politician Lars Sponheim.

- Do you agree with him?

DNA testing of all newborns and a DNA database of all residents may contribute to solving crimes in the future. Do you think it would be a good idea to create this kind of database in Norway?

- What kind of problems might this cause?

Task

Make a list of the organizations that you think have collected information about you, both commercial (such as Internet providers, telecommunications companies, gyms and banks) and public (such as central and local governments, hospitals and schools).

- Is the list longer than you thought it might be when you started?

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