Government Invasion of Privacy Gregory A Stecklow ENG 122 Instructor: Anthony Baker 12 November‚ 2012 Facebook has become the largest social media site with over 1 billion active users as of September 14‚ 2012. Of those 1 billion users on average for June 2012‚ 552 million were considered daily active users. (Potalinski‚ Oct 4‚ 2012) The world has gone crazy with social media. The ability to update one’s status on anything that has an internet connection has been enhanced through technological
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The NSA is the United State’s security agency. It has many spying capabilities and many people are worried about them. I personally am not that worried about the NSA. The NSA is keeping the United States safe from foreign aggresors and also protecting domestic terrorism. Edward Snowden‚ a former agenency contractor‚ leaked some information about the NSA and has gotten people upset about their "rights." They have been breaking people’s "rights" since 1952‚ but back then no one was complaining. Whether
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General opinion about privacy can be debatable from one individual to another. Some people may overpass it and say‚ “I have nothing to hide‚” but others may set a high bar for public to know about their personal life. To understand more about what privacy is‚ Melanie Brodnik‚ in her book quote Pozgar definition that a person right to privacy is‚ the right to be free from unwarranted publicity and exposure to public view‚ as well as the right to live one’s life without having one’s name‚ picture
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field; United States ’ National Security Agency (NSA) and United Kingdom ’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In order to understand these institutions in their current state one must know their origins. NSA Although the National Security Agency is only forty-five years old (established by order of President Harry S. Truman in 1952)‚ the functions it performs have been part of human history for thousands of years. The need to safeguard one ’s own communications while attempting to produce
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knowledge about the public‚ without regard for user privacy. In severe cases‚ companies gain credit card information or social security numbers‚ often resulting in identity theft. The article “Extra Sensory Perception‚” discusses new technology that would work to increase user privacy. In the novel‚ Through the Looking Glass‚ an outside narrator‚ looks in at the main character‚ Alice’s‚ thoughts. In both of these sources‚ a common theme is privacy‚ defined as freedom from unauthorized intrusions.
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This meant they had to have some form of communication along the way‚ whether it was through calls or texts. Imagine if all of this could have been prevented. All those lives that were lost could have been saved. If only the NSA would have known. Even though it violates the privacy act of the constitution‚ it is better to be safe than sorry‚ potential terrorist attacks could be stopped‚ and it will not matter if you are not doing anything wrong. By filtering things like calls‚ texts‚ and emails terrorist
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The truth behind the NSA On June 5‚ 2013‚ The Guardian revealed the first documents‚ culled from tens of thousands‚ about the United States’ and U.K.’s surveillance programs‚ leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. At the time‚ only a handful of people at The Guardian and The Washington Post had any idea how many more disclosures were to come. Eight months later‚ media outlets around the world have published more than 100 revelations in over a dozen languages. We
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A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There
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NSA Affirmative William Saletan‚ 2013[Going Courtless‚William‚ National Correspondent at Slate.com‚ Going Courtless‚ http://www.slate.com/bullpen/warrantless_searches_the_court_oversight_of_nsa_phone_surveillan.html] The National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of all U.S. citizens—which numbers have called which other numbers‚ when‚ and for how long—in an enormous database. The government says this mass collection is OK because the database is “queried”—i.e.‚ searched—only
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ideas of what privacy‚ invasion of privacy‚ and privacy rights are‚ but nonetheless most people have ideas or an opinion on such topics. “Definitions of privacy can be couched in descriptive or normative terms. People may view privacy as a derivative notion that rests upon more basic rights such as liberty or property.” (Moore‚ 2008‚ p. 411) Even with the many explanations of privacy rights that we individually claim‚ we should all be able to agree that to some degree our right to privacy is essential
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