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  That’s right, you can now press a button to escape the constitution of the United States. Well, more accurately, you can now press a button on your phone to escape a fourth and fifth amendment loophole that allows courts to rule against you when it comes to unlocking your phone using biometrics. Yes, it’s that simple. Phones, buttons, biometrics, passwords, constitution, a crazy mix of things. Yet another example of how technology is outpacing the law. For the purposes of this blog article, we will only be taking United States law into consideration. The fourth and fifth amendment to the constitution currently protects your phone’s password from being used against you in legal matters. It falls under laws protecting you from self-incrimination since once you unlock your phone and evidence against you pops up in that phone, you would have self-incriminate yourself and therefore you are protected by the constitution to not give up the password. Like many other things, biometric...

 Computers have been making decisions in binary for as long as they have existed. Zeros and ones are responsible for all the technological advancements made prior to and in the Informage Age. As automatic vehicles now take on the roads, old moral dilemmas are resurfacing as well and are being incorporated into important decision-making processes.  The Trolley Problem: Let's talk about the trolley problem. With its first variations originating in 1905, the problem has been a centerpiece of moral philosophical discussions. You might have come across it in one of your high school or college courses especially if you're into philosophy. If you haven't or are not familiar with the trolley problem, it goes as follows:  You're standing next to a lever that controls an oncoming trolley. This trolley, if not interfered with, will keep going on its track and run over five people tied to its track. If you pull the lever and interfere with the trolley's natural pathway, you wil...

      Look, i am all for playing our part to make this world a utopia. Why not? We live in it - our children will live in it (unless Mr. Musk decides to give them a ride to Mars). This is all we have. The question then presents itself: At what cost? Should we strive to make this world a place where every individual is happy, satisfied, and fulfilled, we would have to take that into consideration while making even the smallest of decisions that would seemingly have no effect to the general population.  Drinking Energy Drinks = impeding successful cancer research? Let's say i have a brother and a sister who are solely my responsibility. I am currently completing my masters. A company offered me a job on the condition of me successfully completing my masters and if i get that job, i can provide a decent living for me and my siblings. But for now, i still have to provide my siblings with food and shelter so i take on 5 part time jobs. All of it is getting extremely stres...