The Nothing To Hide Argument By Daniel Solove Analysis
The Debate of Privacy from the Government
A Critic of “The Nothing to Hide Argument”
The author of this article is Daniel J. Solove. He discusses the different perspectives and opinions of various people of the government’s control of viewing personal information. The article demonstrates this through examples of what people say, book references, and the opinion of the article himself. In the article, “The Nothing to Hide Argument”, Daniel J. Solove argues that the information- gathering programs the government uses to track and record information from people are problematic.(739) This still remains the case even if the information gathered from these programs was information people did not mind being uncovered. (739).
Some people discussed in this argument claim that they ultimately have nothing to hide from anyone or the government. This take place not only in the United States, but it recalls that these statements of people have nothing to hide happens in Britain too. Because of their thinking and believing they are an open book, they promote the …show more content…
The book by George Orwell brought to life this point and is relatable to high schools students due to this reading the curriculum. The book demonstrated what a totalitarian government would look like and what it would look like for the government to have the power of monitoring citizens and a day to day basis. As independent college students, freedom is desired and shuns in a way unnecessary restrictions and regulations. Having terrorism haunt our nation though, it subjects citizen’s caution and want to have more security, but it can be done in other fashions besides wiretapping. Presented examples of privacy issues that everyone deals with that could influence someone to not agree with the government having access to
A Critic of “The Nothing to Hide Argument”
The author of this article is Daniel J. Solove. He discusses the different perspectives and opinions of various people of the government’s control of viewing personal information. The article demonstrates this through examples of what people say, book references, and the opinion of the article himself. In the article, “The Nothing to Hide Argument”, Daniel J. Solove argues that the information- gathering programs the government uses to track and record information from people are problematic.(739) This still remains the case even if the information gathered from these programs was information people did not mind being uncovered. (739).
Some people discussed in this argument claim that they ultimately have nothing to hide from anyone or the government. This take place not only in the United States, but it recalls that these statements of people have nothing to hide happens in Britain too. Because of their thinking and believing they are an open book, they promote the …show more content…
The book by George Orwell brought to life this point and is relatable to high schools students due to this reading the curriculum. The book demonstrated what a totalitarian government would look like and what it would look like for the government to have the power of monitoring citizens and a day to day basis. As independent college students, freedom is desired and shuns in a way unnecessary restrictions and regulations. Having terrorism haunt our nation though, it subjects citizen’s caution and want to have more security, but it can be done in other fashions besides wiretapping. Presented examples of privacy issues that everyone deals with that could influence someone to not agree with the government having access to