Mass surveillance

The U.S. government has a long history of using various kinds of surveillance tools to monitor citizens’ activities. During the Cold War, the FBI ran a domestic counterintelligence program called COINTELPRO protect the national security from hostile foreign threats; however, the program evolved into an effort to suppress non-violent protest groups and political dissidents with an array of illegal activities (Hutchinson). COINTELPRO negatively influenced the Civil Rights and Black Power movements…

(1650)The Governmental Abuse of Power: The Unethical Misuse of Satellite Surveillance Technology in Enemy of the State (1998) This film study will define the unethical misuse of satellite surveillance technology by the government in Enemy of the State (1998), which is a form of governmental abuse of the privacy and legal rights of the citizen. The use of satellite technology in this film defines the power of the National Security Agency (NSA) to observe and monitor the general public as a form…

the monster created by Victor Frankenstein, continues to learn at a pace that frightens the scientist, prompting him to shut it down. However, the robot is not fully shut down. While scouring the internet, the robot is able to tap into the NSA surveillance camera network, and proceeds to observe an elementary…

Surveillance has presented numerous challenges to the right of privacy. There is a need to develop a high technology surveillance system that will come with great benefits without intrusion. With new advances in technology each day, it is becoming easier to communicate with each other. Yet with all these new forms of communication there have been unpleasant side effects, since this new advanced technology is not only for harmless interactions between one another it is also used to plot against…

and their calls are all being monitored by machines that cannot tell the different between a terrorist and an average person. These machines are used to listen for keywords with algorithms that no one knows outside of the buildings that hold the surveillance centers. Even if you know that you are being monitored by the government and if you so happen to request the information about yourself they hold, it is simply impossible to do. Not only will these governments not admit to what they are…

themselves from prying eyes. With the advancement of the digital age, the concern for privacy is needed now more than ever to protect a basic human right. In recent times, it has become commonplace for government agencies to keep citizens under surveillance for the purpose of collecting and…

between the idea of the spy and the spied. Through this dichotomy we are able to recognize the line between the viewer and their relative field of vision. This is topical in the larger matrix of surveillance and intervention in film. The line between objectivity and intervention is integral for surveillance to stay effective. Let us then suppose that if the line is broken, a conflict will arise. The resolution of said conflict ends with a common underlying theme. When a spying force crosses the…

In “A Surveillance Society,” authors William E. Thompson and Joseph E. Hickey discuss the growing trends, technology, information sharing, and the impact that surveillance has had over the past decade. Post 9/11, surveillance watch has skyrocketed within the United States and all over the world. Examples of the new trend has been seen in various public places with the purpose of protecting the country from further harm. The technology being used has developed and become more effective over the…

Americans have been questioning whether government surveillance has passed the limits of the right of privacy. The controversy is set whether the violation of the right of privacy is in exchange for security. In other words, is the government really providing security or control the citizens? Is it really to benefit the people or the government? With that questions, more questions are made like: Is the government correct on doing what is being done? The discussion here is; Has the government…

NSA surveillance, phone calls, messages, and any social networking record the individual actions by NSA. People tend to share their feelings and what they are doing openly on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. However, not everything is meant to be shared, some are too personal to share. The NSA collects personal data of the citizens such as being recorded in government surveillance cameras, collect phone numbers, activities, and movements…