Today, people sacrifice privacy to feel safe. These sacrifices have had a significant impact on the current meaning of privacy, but may have greater consequences in the future. According to Debbie Kasper in her journal “The Evolution (Or Devolution) of Privacy,” privacy is a difficult dilemma in America. Kasper asks, "If he disappeared, when did he disappear and why?" (Kasper 69). Our past generation experienced the baby boom and today's world is witnessing a technological boom. Technology is growing at an exponential rate, thus making accessing and sharing information easier than ever. The rapid decline in privacy is leaving Americans desperate for change. Privacy allows an individual the power of isolation to exclude something in particular. In today's society the term privacy has generated different interpretations. This creates a large gray area and numerous debates on whether or not privacy is violated. According to Kasper, “If one wants to understand privacy, one must examine it from the inside, that is, from the point of view of the experience of its invasion” (Kasper 75). Privacy is a very broad term today due to many fairly new meanings. To truly understand the true meaning of privacy you need to examine it more deeply; That is, to understand the victim of the invasion and the consequences he suffered. This gray area of ​​privacy has expanded further due to the currently expanding technological era. Previously, privacy was understood only in relation to the human body and physical interactions. Not long ago social networks and the Internet did not exist, which made indi...... middle of paper ......xford: Oxford University Press, Inc. 2011. Print.Kasper, Debbie . “The evolution (or devolution) of privacy.” Springer vol. 20, no. 1 (2005): 69-92. Network. September 22, 2015.Kaufman, Brett. “ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging NSA’s Patriot Act Phone Surveillance.” ACLU.org. ACLU, June 11. 2013. Web. November 11, 2015. “The government is spying on us through our computers, phones, cars, buses, streetlights, at airports and on the streets, through mobile scanners and drones, through our smart meters, and in many other ways. " WashingtonsBlog.com. Word Press, September 23, 2013. Web. September 30, 2015. Whitehead, John and Steven Aden. "Foregoing 'Enduring Liberty' for 'National Security': A Constitutional Analysis of the U.S. Patriot Act and the Department of Justice's Counterterrorism Initiatives." American University Law Review Vol. 51, no. 6 (June 2002): 1081-1133. Network. October 2. 2015.