Benjamin Franklin stated “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”. An ongoing dispute has been occurring over the privacy vs security issue. We live in a world were all our information is stored digitally and hacking has become common. At one point is it worth risking our freedom for the protection of the individual? National security is a priority for the nation; however, there are certain limitations which government agencies cannot bypass. The argument is that with government intervention, they help prevent crimes and solve cases. However, these actions tend to sometime violate the privacy of Americas. The most recent case dealing with this issue was Apple vs
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By 2011 that number fell to 40 percent. And in a June 2014 survey from Pew, just 23 percent of those polled said Americans need to be willing to give up privacy and freedom in order to be safe from terrorism”. After 9/11, many laws have been implemented as an immediate response to combat fear. This demonstrates how during a time of crisis, people are willing to accept anything that will bring protection, but after they realize that to give up privacy and freedom in order to be safe from terrorism, their perception is altered. The Federal Government officials argue that absolute privacy to Americans is detrimental because it will not allow them to combat cybercrime and terrorism. Even though the United States possesses advanced technology and military strength, we have not been able to stop attacks on our soil. The United States have been implementing new acts for the sake of national security. Some of these programs include The National Security Agency (NSA) “PRISM”. It is surveillance program in which the NSA was collecting information from the nine largest tech companies which include Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft etc. It is frightening to the general public has we are unsure what else the government is hiding from us. The NSA program violates directly violates the fourth amendment and that is why there was such an immense controversy. In the words of Judge Andrew Napolitano the Fourth Amendment was established to “protect the quintessential American right of the right to be left alone”. In order to search a person there has to a probable cause and it has to go through a judge. The American Revolution was fought in order to prevent maximum intervention from the government. The United States government continues to be unsuccessful in their fight against terrorism and other domestic attacks. How can
By 2011 that number fell to 40 percent. And in a June 2014 survey from Pew, just 23 percent of those polled said Americans need to be willing to give up privacy and freedom in order to be safe from terrorism”. After 9/11, many laws have been implemented as an immediate response to combat fear. This demonstrates how during a time of crisis, people are willing to accept anything that will bring protection, but after they realize that to give up privacy and freedom in order to be safe from terrorism, their perception is altered. The Federal Government officials argue that absolute privacy to Americans is detrimental because it will not allow them to combat cybercrime and terrorism. Even though the United States possesses advanced technology and military strength, we have not been able to stop attacks on our soil. The United States have been implementing new acts for the sake of national security. Some of these programs include The National Security Agency (NSA) “PRISM”. It is surveillance program in which the NSA was collecting information from the nine largest tech companies which include Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft etc. It is frightening to the general public has we are unsure what else the government is hiding from us. The NSA program violates directly violates the fourth amendment and that is why there was such an immense controversy. In the words of Judge Andrew Napolitano the Fourth Amendment was established to “protect the quintessential American right of the right to be left alone”. In order to search a person there has to a probable cause and it has to go through a judge. The American Revolution was fought in order to prevent maximum intervention from the government. The United States government continues to be unsuccessful in their fight against terrorism and other domestic attacks. How can