The Right To Privacy, By Warren And Brandeis

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Background of the Problem
Forty-six percent of American adults now own and can describe his or her smart device as iPhone, Blackberry or Android smart device (A. Smith, 2011). The various device makers each have their own mobile application stores connected to their specific mobile devices. Linux mobile devices use the Google Play and Amazon App Store that work specifically with the Android operating system environment
The public has been concerned with privacy over a hundred years now, going back to 1890, Warren and Brandeis wrote their article, “The Right to Privacy” (Barbas, 2012). Supreme Court Justices Warren and Brandeis’ article discussed many issues concerning the “tangible” and “intangible” aspects of privacy and what they viewed

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