Argumentative Essay: The Patriot Act

What is more important to the citizens of America? The right to their privacy and doing what they want as they wish, in private? Or are they okay with the government surveilling every living thing that they do? Through loopholes in the Patriot Act, the government misuses their power by spying on millions of innocent Americans. The people do have rights within the fourth Amendment though. Simplified, it states that Americans have the right to privacy unless there is probable cause. (Kids n.d.) Where do we as Americans draw the line?
The Patriot Act is an Act that was signed by George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The Patriot Act is an acronym that stands for Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The
citizens, and the government would have too much capability to go behind our backs, unnecessarily, and spy on us. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has freely admitted that it has not launched or found any extensive cases through the Patriot Act’s privileges. (Ybarra, n.d.) The question is, though, if they can not find any cases of terrorism, smuggling, or organized crimes what are they doing? The Government is spying on us through every piece of technology that we own. They can find us within the blink of an eye through our cell phones, computers, and bluetooth devices. They can hack into any of our Facebook accounts, emails, internet search browsers. They can view a person through their phone or computer's camera without them even knowing. The government can also turn on your microphones through the same devices and listen to you and what you are doing at any moment. The National Security Agency has put its codes into Android's operating systems, hacking into three quarters of the world's smartphones. (Tyler Durden, July 9th,
The EDS is responsible for the development and testing of all backdoors, malicious softwares, viruses and any other kinds of malware used by the CIA in their disguised operations worldwide (Wikileaks).
The fight against the Samsung smart TV was made in countries all over the world. Samsung, along with the CIA and NSA, were placing televisions in a fake off mode, so that the holder falsely believes the television is off when it is on. In the fake off mode the television operates as a microphone, recording conversations in the room and sending them through the Internet to a secret CIA server. (Wikileaks).
In October of 2014 the CIA was also looking at influencing the vehicle control systems used by modern day cars and trucks. The ambition of these controls is not detailed, but it would definitely not make you feel comfortable knowing that the Government can hack into your vehicle and merely take control within the click of a