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ADIEU TO PRIVACY We are living in an age in which the technological advancement has almost reached its peaks. But along with the joy and happiness it has brought through this advancement, it also contributed to a very noticeable change in the private lives of human beings. The ‘peephole’ technologies, that have been developed side by side with the other technological advancements, has been posing a threat to the “Privacy” of human beings, which was guarded with utmost care by the human race till the advent of this technological boom, as it is widely known as. In fact it is Internet which should take a major share of the blame for it. Through Facebook, Blogs, emails et al, the human race is going public by revealing the most intimate part of their lives. Add to that the mobile telephone bloom - it has almost created havoc in the private lives of a major percentage of the total human race. To peep into the private lives of the hapless and vulnerable, with or without their knowledge, click a picture or MMS clip and thereafter send it to other people at will and create havoc in the lives of the affected persons has been made easily possible by invention of Mobile Telephones. Then comes the reality shows. There are umpteen numbers of so called “Reality Shows’ are aired through TV channels, which focuses on the private lives of people and make it as much public as possible. Further, the cyber-inspecting agencies does their bit to invade into the private lives of their respective citizens by monitoring emails, telephonic conversations etc. Of course, there are good reasons making such checking mandatory from the security point of view of a nation, but nonetheless it also is a form of peeping into the privacy of a human being. There may be a number of other areas, through which the privacy of human beings are compromised/invaded, which I may have not touched upon due to my limited knowledge in the subject matter. However, from what I have gathered, it becomes very clear to me that the day is not far when we would be biding adieu forever to one of the pillars of our society - the PRIVACY.