Stop Mass Spying Research Paper

Stop Mass Spying The government hacking into phones, seizing computers, and tracking people by using satellites are not the plot of a blockbuster movie anymore. It is real. In April 28 of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to the changes made to “Rule 41”, giving judges the authority to approve remote access to suspects’ computers outside their jurisdiction if the suspect has tried to hide their location, as criminal suspects are wont to do. The Congress has seven months to reject or make more changes to “Rule 41”, after which the amended version will take effect.( cite) The propose of new changes to court procedures raises a conflict between privacy and security. With more and more of our lives moving online, more often our right to privacy is violated. New technologies and now new changes to “Rule 41” are making it easier to collect our personal data. An opponent of the changes, Senator Ron Wyden points out, “one warrant for one judge can, in effect, reach millions of computers. This is really a big issue when you are talking about expanding the government’s hacking and surveillance authority.” (cite) This amendment will have significant consequences of Americans’ privacy. New changes will give a huge power to …show more content…
For example, people who use Tor, VPN, or change the country setting in an online service can be implicated. (cite) There are countless reasons people may want to use technology to shield their privacy, for instance, journalists communicating with sources or victims of domestic violence seeking information in the Internet. Many people who have nothing in particular to hide may also choose to use privacy tools just because they are concerned about government surveillance of the