Internet privacy

electronic surveillance. They shouldn't be allowed to use electronic surveillance because they are invading our privacy. They can’t do that without court orders or warrants, so they can’t do it to just regular normal people. This can lead to misunderstandings. Bottom line our rights would be denied and taken away if the electronic surveillance enabled. The government would be invading our privacy because sometimes we have very private conversations that we want nobody to hear except the person…

A journalist must conform to a well defined set of ethical codes to make sure they report the story truly and get their information without the use of any illegal or unethical practices. In the movie “State of Play” Cal McCaffrey perpetrates a multitude of unethical and illegal actions to get his story. His practices included such things as, not identifying that he is a reporter to those he was questioning, illegally recording an interview, and withholding evidence in a murder investigation. In…

Please use appropriate judgment when choosing to turn into spy gear to reach the fact, or to intrude on a individual's privacy. Everybody is solely accountable for their aims, and their activities. This surveillance and monitoring device uses GPS technology to find a car in real time. A stand alone monitoring unit that doesn't require monthly payments. The targeted vehicle may be monitored globally via the world wide web, using Google maps. All this gadget needs is a working SIM card. A decent…

Everyone has the right to privacy. However, if it is done without the other party’s knowledge, does it count as invading one’s privacy? The ethics of journalists using hidden cameras to report people smugglers comes back around to whether the usage is necessary and if it is morally right. I agree to the use of hidden cameras to a certain extent. People smugglers consists of both groups and individuals who assist others to illegally enter a country at a high price through irregular methods—both…

Several arguments have been levelled against government surveillance and majority revolve around the invasion of privacy for the American public through this process. Various studies and academic literature have clearly pointed out that after 9/11 several legislative policies that were passed did go contrary to the country’s expectation when it comes to upholding the right of privacy of the American citizenry (Newkirk, 44). Nowadays, it is clear through various instances that Americans do suffer…

The issue surrounding Snoweden’s leaking of information to the Press can be argued as ethical or non-ethical. The leaking of this classified information could have become a security threat to the United States, which raises an issue of whether it was his place to tell the facts regarding the actions of the NSA to the American people. Another ethical issue was is it his duty to inform the people, even though he took an oath to keep classified information secret. The last ethical issue is did he…

devil’s advocate when you think in terms to why he did it. When Edward did this, he did this illegally by releasing the information that was top secret. However, he was looking out for the people and their privacy. According to our book Snowden stated “If we want to be free, we can’t give away our privacy (Kroenke, & Boyle, 2015, p. 419)”. He believed that out rights where being violated due to the nature of the surveillance that the NSA was doing. Snowden may have believed that what he was…

Privacy Act 1988 is an Australian law that used to regulate on handling the personal information (Australian Government, 2015). Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) consists of principles are the basis of protection framework in Privacy Act 1988 and placed under schedule 1 with a total thirteen principles that organizations and government agencies should comply (OAIC, 2014). It is not necessary to follow each of the principles stated in APPs, but organizations are required to consider the…

What is Apple? Apple is a multinational technology company. So far Apple has had a problem with the FBI. The FBI wanted Apple to create a new software that can hack into a person’s iPhone to examine their personal information, but Apple refused. Apple’s decision on not allowing the FBI to hack into people’s iPhone was right. In the article entitled PRO/CON: Should Apple have resisted FBI pressure to hack an iPhone? By Tribune New Service, examines the area in which Apple had the right or not…

For the “Good Thing/Bad Thing” assignment I chose to watch the first episode of Black Mirror, a British anthology series that features controversially dark and sometimes satirical themes that examine modern society, particularly in regards to the the unknown future of technology. Despite finding the first episode highly disturbing to the point of comedy, I found myself indulged in the series as a whole and even got excited upon hearing that Netflix will renew the series for another season. The…