My big question is if we really don't have that much privacy, then how do all these kidnappings go unsolved. Aside from tracking phones, why are child porn viewers not be targeted? I could be wrong, because my only source of this data comes from watching a lot of Investigation Discovery. It's just alarming to me how so many cases can go unsolved, when we are supposedly being watched 24/7 via internet and travel. I understand that this invasion of privacy stemmed from the prevention of terrorist attacks, but I can't help myself from criticizing the way all this information is being used.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Well Informed: Security and Privacy
The NSA has become extremely invasive in order to prevent events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 from occurring again. This clear violation of the Fourth Amendment has been somewhat ignored. The fear of losing security has been outweighed by the fear of another tragedy (at least for now). I don't necessarily applaud this method, but it has proven to be effective. Is there a way to balance both security and liberty? Benjamin Franklin stated, "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety." This statement is brutal in a way, because it doesn't allow for any compromise. I personally don't have anything that I would want to hide from the NSA. I'm not saying I am completely comfortable with the invasion of privacy, I just don't feel threatened by it.
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I think I can understand where you're coming from. One does have to wonder what the government is doing with all this information they have access to. Are they using it for good or bad? Are they using it to gain control of the public? Those are pretty scary thoughts. It used to be that there was a clear difference between having security and having privacy, but since the internet became the main method for gathering, sharing information and even communicating with one another; security and privacy have become synonymous. It's almost as if you can't have one without the other and the idea that without us even knowing, the government could find out everything about us. However, the government doesn't have the right to investigate you without probable cause.
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