Electronic Surveillance Pros And Cons

Electronic Surveillance In today’s society online privacy is an illusion. Privacy simply doesn’t exist to large companies and the government for the simple fact they violate citizen’s fourth amendment rights frequently. Sure where giving passwords and other hopes of security but, once able other to get personal information it’s theirs. It’s not acceptable for the government and large companies to receive personal information without a warren or a legally documented yes from the user of the internet browser.
“In any situation the government must wait 6 months before receiving personal data from certain browser users.” Stated by the article NO Warrant, No Problem from www.propublica .org. According to Electronic Surveillance from public.getlegal.com the 4th Amendment warrant also applies to electronic surveillance. The user of the warrant must show the reason for it and how long it is going to be used, which the government most of the time doesn’t do. Due to the time it would take to get the information from a warrant and the amount of information that the government receives everyday they have to be getting it from another data large data thief, large internet companies.
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The article The Good, Bad and Ugly of Surveillance from http://www.datacenterjournal.com states in some instances its quicker to see medical records and make it easier to respond to medical emergencies quicker. Also to secure privacy emails for users and business. Another article Electronic surveillance destroys our privacy, but few seem to mind from http://www.sfgate.com shares a quote from Jennifer King saying “Surveillance feels comfortable to some people.” She also says “There’s a sense of guardianship a feeling that someone is watching over me. It counteracts that aura of anonymity in the public