Mass surveillance

How would you feel if the government was watching you by surveillance? Would you feel like your privacy was being violated? Do you like to be watched by strangers? Many people don’t realize that the government is watching their every step every day. They watch us by surveillance thinking they’re keeping us safe. But how safe are we? Every U.S. citizen should know how much their lives are being monitored. As technology improves, privacy as we know it will become extinct. Whether in the name…

In the article, Nothing to Hide, there is the reference to the various aspects of information privacy, with consideration of the inherent risks existing in the structure as it stands, concerning the advancement of the digital era. The author notes that “the nothing-to-hide argument pervades discussions about privacy.” The historical context of the argument is laid out where reference is made to the origins of the “nothing-to-hide” narrative, in the cultural and legal contexts. The policy is…

"Is Big Brother A Big Problem? The United States has always been a country of freedoms. In this country, we have been able to exercise rights that many countries would not even dream of. Documents such as the Bill of Rights have given us the chance to have freedom of speech, religion, and press without government interference. For a while, these freedoms seemed fair and just because everyone had a voice, and more importantly everyone thought people, even ones they did not agree with, should be…

stores should or should not be allowed to spy on you using smartphones and other spying tools. Smartphones and other spying tools are being used in the U.S. to take data from customers even though their costumers doesn’t have any clue about it. Surveillance technology records your every move - where you go,…

Visible man opens the eyes of the public to how little privacy they have. The government filters through every text, and call to find out if people are potentially a terrorist. The government has been doing this behind the backs of Americans ever since 911. Just in recent years has this been made known publicly. In some occasions it is okay for the Government to work behind the public's back, but those occasions are far and few between. If large corporations were to obtain the extensive…

a new concept was discussed; panopticism. Panopticism is the model of making people believe they are under surveillance, even when they are not. One of its major effects, for example to inmates, is to create a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power (201). What exactly does this do? It creates the sense one is at a constant surveillance. If people feel they are constantly under supervision, whether this is true supervision, they are more…

The use public video surveillance is a widely debated topic. Proponents of surveillance suggest it reduces crime rates by “(1) increasing the risk of being apprehended; (2) increasing the effort involved in committing the crime; (3) decreasing the rewards of the crime; (4) increasing the shame and guilt expected to result from the crime or felt at the immediate moment of decision-making; and/or (5) reducing provocations that create criminal opportunities” (LaVigne, Lowry, Dwyer, & Markman, 2011…

Synthesis Essay With the technology that we have today, tracking and invasion of privacy has become a norm. There are multiple reasons for tracking, but that doesn't excuse it. Tracking could be as harmless as just using your info for advertisement, or it could be used to take your identity. Some see tracking as an overall invasion of privacy and feel that there should be regulations for it; others view it as something that is just harmless and maybe even necessary for their own benefit.…

In recent years, journalists have discussed in countless articles with privacy increasingly being invaded by the greater use of drones by the general public and some law enforcements. The predominant new problem with modern technology is dealing with regulating commercial drones in the United States. Drones are an unmanned aircraft or ship that can navigate autonomously- consisting of the ability of functioning without an individual inside the aircraft. The controversy over done regulations is…

“Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as Director of CIA, David H. Petraeus”. Since the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency was not able to keep his personal digital content private, can anyone expect their email to be protected from law enforcement without a warrant? Why should anyone have to face such embarrassment about their personal life when it’s not affecting their career? Whether…