Re: the June 24 article “Guard-slaying case kindles both sides of Internet privacy debate.” In the modern world, an individual’s ability to survive is directly correlated to their ability to acquire and maintain gainful employment.

The boundaries of privacy will truly be crossed when an individual’s employability will not only be directly contingent on whether or not the individual possesses an active social media account, but whether or not that individual is willing to permit their employer to monitor this aspect of their private life.

If an individual does not have a social media account, or decides not to permit this breach of their privacy, they will likely not be offered employment and their ability to survive will be greatly reduced or eliminated.

If this occurs, I would hardly consider an individual’s decision to permit the monitoring of their private life by their employer to be defined as a “choice” in any way.

I guess employers are truly starting to think of their employees as “family” and they feel that it is their responsibility to watch over their “kin.” From an employee standpoint, I would be wary of my new Big Brother, though; he can be very sneaky.

Jason B. Fraser, Bridgewater