The Importance Of Invasion Of Privacy

In today’s world, US citizens have to be very cautious. I find myself being paranoid about every little thing; the people around me, Internet scams, etc. We have state of the art technology and we can get away with crazy stuff sometimes. I see it in the news all the time; “internet threats” from foreign countries, text messages about “bombing monuments”, and odd “code” language from American citizens. Because of technology, there is a form of communication that can cause horrific events. This is why the United States Government should have the right to invade a citizen’s privacy if and only if they are showing signs of harm to our country and our citizens. Invasion is a strong word, but I believe our government should be able to do this if someone is making terrorist threats. Now that these threats happen all the time, our government has to keep a close eye on everyone. The Unites States has had too many terrorist acts not to invade the privacy of these people. Although I think there is a fine line between invading someone’s privacy because they are making threats and invading someone’s privacy that is not doing anything wrong. …show more content…
I recently watched the popular movie “Snowden” and it said that the government could watch anyone in the world through his or her laptop webcam. To me, this is quite extreme especially if you are not doing anything wrong. Not only is it an action that is taken too far, but it is also creepy. Citizens who do not cause any form of harm should have respected privacy from our Government. Unfortunately, because some citizens make threats, this makes the Government want to monitor everyone whether they are causing harm or