Internet privacy

Privacy is inherently a cultural creation, influenced and changed by the culture in which it resides. Due to the cultural nature of privacy, the understanding of what is considered private changes on a cultural basis. Something one culture may perceive to be an everyday thing and not a private matter, another culture may find that to be completely taboo and only a private matter. This concept translates directly to the concept of digital privacy. Some culture may not be bothered by a government…

idea of privacy is not new to many people and was generally through of as a good thing until the government tried to convince us otherwise. Using the work of Michal Foucault and Noam Chomsky we see that the idea of mass surveillance for good is skewed and is being used for power and leverage over the population. I believe mass surveillance is an issue to be concerned about and through evidence presented in Glenn Greenwald’s TED talk on privacy. Glenn Greenwald’s TED talk entitled Why Privacy…

“Government technicians have installed intercept stations at key junction points, or switches, throughout the country. These switches are located in large windowless buildings owned by the major telecommunication companies and control the domestic internet traffic flow across the nation.” (The Domestic Surveillance Directorate) These switches that the government places in key buildings and the ones where the major telecommunications companies are located helps them monitor people’s online and…

right to privacy, through internet monitoring, is a heated topic among politicians and voters. As american citizens we are given a series of rights, written within the sacred document we proudly call our constitution, but how far do our rights go? First, however, we must identify what our rights are. Our first right, as inscribed, is our rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, etc.; but it’s important to find the balance between people’s freedoms and with people's right to…

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…

Personal information is very important to many people. Many times in today's society, people's personal information is unnecessarily surrendered. There are many different ethical theories that support or oppose this unnecessary surrender of personal information. Some of those theories include utilitarianism, libertarianism, and deontology. An understanding of all of these ethical theories is very important when discussing the idea of the surrender of personal information. When discussing…

likely find something about themselves on somebody else’s. In Adrienne LaFrance’s article “The Perils of ‘Sharenting’” published in The Atlantic, the writer claims that when parents post about their children on the Internet, that parent raises issues regarding his or her child’s right to privacy and the parent-child relationship. LaFrance blends together a variety of trustworthy sources, alarming anecdotes, and valid reasoning; furthermore, her rhetorical techniques give her a powerful voice…

Three types of the most common electronic surveillance are wire tapping, bugging, and videotaping. Electronic monitoring is on the rise with the ability to view emails, monitoring of internet usage, GPS surveillance of company vehicles and cell phones, and the use of controlled access for buildings. Wire tapping captures telephone calls and telegraph messages by physically going into the wire circuitry. Telephone or telegraph wires must…

Argumentative Essay: Information Privacy Against Government and Corporations We as citizens would think privacy is something we have, it’s also something we should cherish and value but because of technology including credit cards/debit cards, it’s hard to keep this condition without worldly interactions. Additionally, the government and various corporations also play a vital factor in this situation based on our private information. For instance, The Privacy Act of 1974 gives the…

still have false charge and still be accused of dangerous rise of the government surveillance. It’s true that the Patriot Act has acted to violate privacy expectations and suspect regular Americans citizens. “It violates the privacy of millions of innocent people” (source 1). This law enforcement has the power to broadly access American citizen’s internet researches, telephone calls, text messages or also, emails…