Have you ever felt violated? Like someone knows too much about you that they don't need to know? Or have you ever felt like someone was watching you? Like someone knows your every move? Most people don't normally feel this way; most people feel safe in their general environment. Although with the constant use of technology in today's age, it is time to ask ourselves: should we, as American citizens, feel as safe as we do? Personal privacy is such a simple phrase for such a complex idea. The definition given in Merriam-Webster's privacy dictionary is "the quality or state of being removed from company or observation." And the meaning “personal”, “Relating to the person or body”. In other words: stand out from the observation or company of others. It seems simple; if someone wanted to be private, they should be able to, right? Wrong. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to be in complete privacy, with the increasing use of technology and the naive minds that run it, complete personal privacy is a difficult thing to achieve. It all starts with a couple of innocuous mouse clicks, but within seconds you could be sending information to anyone around the world, whether you know it or not. Years ago, personal privacy was actually quite common. People could do and say things without anyone knowing, and it seemed that most people didn't care about others. It was rare to hear of people feeling unsafe while using the computer or on the phone (when they had any). It was also unusual to hear someone complain about feeling like they didn't have enough privacy twenty years ago (although whether or not this is caused by lack of communication or lack of crime is not possible to know for sure). Has there ever been a... means of paper... personal privacy dead?" raises many other questions along with it. But there is no doubt that the government is doing all this for security reasons. They claim of wanting to make the United States as safe as possible, and this has proven to be true in many situations now the inevitable new question becomes: how far is too far? Is security more important than privacy? and know their opinion on the situation. Whatever their answer, and despite the multiple other questions that are raised along with the topic of personal privacy, there is still one thing that is certain: personal privacy is dead that the use of technology does not become less critical for the United States, personal privacy will always be dead. The greater the role of technology; the less personal privacy.