reported case of NSA spying. Edward Snowden worked for the NSA and became a whistleblower when found out how invasive the NSA become. He took classified information from the NSA and how they were misleading congress. He contacted Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to get the story out. According to Snowden the NSA had direct access to “Google‚ Microsoft‚ Facebook‚ even Steve Jobs’s Apple.” (Harding). The NSA had information on everyone without their consent. This was the biggest issue‚ the NSA was breaking
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leakage confirmed that the NSA has stolen trillions of U.S. citizens’ emails‚ phone calls‚ and other information from both the Internet and our phones. It is understood that the collection and analysis of all information is part of the NSA’s mission to keep the United States safe‚ however‚ it’s troubling that our own government has to sneak around us. Regardless of whether or not U.S. citizens’ are committing illegal crimes‚ we should be concerned that the government and NSA steal our private information
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Political Science Research Paper: The NSA Data Leak Since 2001‚ post the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon‚ the United States government has beefed up its counter-terrorism security‚ under the leadership of both democratic and republican presidents. However‚ the U.S. is always one step behind the terrorists‚ or though it seems. Al-Qaeda took to the air‚ so‚ the U.S. increased airport security measures (Knowles‚ 2013). In the last 12 years‚ so many changes to airport security
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which means we effectively are less free.” People have been living in a world where technology controls them.. What they do not know is that the NSA has been treating people as if they were criminals. Do we really have freedom when the NSA is collecting and reading more than 200 million messages per day. Has our 4th amendment been overthrown by NSA? A country is not free‚ if its citizens are constantly being spied on. In the present day‚ people surround themselves in technology compared to the
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About the NSA The government should worry citizens‚ by hiring people to hack into their lives. The National Security Agency‚ NSA‚ is “inside” everything from phones to major websites like Google and Yahoo. The NSA is responsible for code breaking and getting information from phones and the internet. The NSA has headquarters in the United Kingdom as well. They try to focus overseas instead of domestically to prevent any serious crime and to defend the UK’s economic interest. Because the NSA doesn’t
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Bianca Balderas Professor LeMaster English 1301 20 September 2011 The Invasion She was the only one that could bail me out of time out when i got in trouble‚ the only one that would play dress up with me because I was the only girl growing up‚ and the only one that allowed me to watch TV until my eyes fell out. I loved staying up late listening to her spooky ghost stories and dreaded waking up early for Sunday morning bible study with her. Grandma Bea was the big sister I always wanted‚ and
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16 October 2013 The Government: Can it be trustworthy? How important is your privacy? Most people would agree having privacy is a huge concern‚ especially when it involves personal business. In recent breaking news‚ Edward Snowden‚ a 30-year-old high school dropout‚ who worked for the NSA‚ released private information to America. He announced the NSA is tracking citizen’s phone calls and monitoring emails. Most people in the U.S. were very frustrated once the information went viral. Many people
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social media for marketing is an invasion of privacy First‚ we must define privacy. As Danah Boyd (who is an academic and researches a lot in social media and privacy) notes‚ privacy “is a feeling that people have when they feel as though they have two important things: one) being in control over their social situation; and two) being enough agency to assert control”. As a result‚ having control of one’s personal information is vital! In general‚ privacy issues can be thought of in two related
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Does the NSA have a good enough reason to spy on its own citizens along with the other billions of foreigners when there are laws implemented to stop that exact act? Is it necessary to create more terrorists because of the hate towards this program‚ just to possibly catch the current ones we face now? What is the real end goal? Is it to create a black mail mega-data for the government to have insurance due to the debt? Maybe the U.S.A is planning a global attack themselves‚ or it really is meant
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its ongoing battle against crime and terrorism‚ the U.S. has ramped up its surveillance on individuals over the years. As in the book‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ "Big Brother Is Watching You". Many people feel that this surveillance is a major invasion of privacy and a violation of their rights. The USA PATRIOT Act was rushed through Congress 45 days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
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