Mass surveillance

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Does hacking into personal technology break your 4th amendment right? The government has been under fire recently for believing that they should be allowed access to…

Case Against Electronic Surveillance In response to concerns about terrorism after the attacks on September 11,2001, the government of the United States enacted new guidelines for conducting surveillance on the public. This paper will discuss the implementation of electronic surveillance as a tool to combat terrorism and will make the case against sweeping electronic surveillance of American citizens and others in this country. Various examples of increased surveillance along with decreasing…

recorded? Would you still say some of the things you say? Domestic surveillance is the topic, it is represented as a good thing because it helps keep the government and people in the world accountable for all of their actions through technology. Domestic surveillance is helpful to prevent terrorist attacks and other bad things from happening because it keeps people accountable for their actions and words. Domestic surveillance is the government gathering information from people in various…

the United States has increased its methods of surveillance with new technology advances and we need new privacy laws. Some concerns are video surveillance, data surveillance, government surveillance, and communications surveillance. There has been an increase in video surveillance since 9/11. Cameras are not just in important public places like the Statue of Liberty or the National Mall but also in the streets. In Manhattan, there are surveillance cameras everywhere so no one can walk…

In the defense department there are six branches of the armed forces. The six branches include The US Marine Corps, The US Army, The US Navy, The US Air Force, The US Coast Guard, and The US Special Operations Command. Out of the six branches in the armed forces The US Special Operations Command sticks out the most. The US Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, consists of the elite and finest members of all other five branches of the armed forces. It is the most unrecognized and underrated armed…

Our phones are more like trackers which detects where we are and allows the government to know what we are doing. These authors claim, “millions of cellphone users...swept up in government surveillance” (Maass and Rajagopalan, 2012). This shows that we do not have privacy in reality we are being spied on by the government no matter what. According to these authors, “cellular system...record the location of all phones” (Maass and Rajagopalan,…

NSA Data Leaks The National Security Agency, created in 1952, by President Harry Truman was intended to protect US citizens as well as the government. So why is an organization spying on those it was created to protect? The NSA could be causing more harm than good due to overstepping its intended purpose, misappropriation of data, and possible further intrusion on citizens. The NSA, in its early life, was an organization created with good intentions. Truman was thinking of the well being of the…

without being able to have Surveillance Cameras, which would be: Lost, Confused, and scared. Surveillance Cameras great for the stopping of crimes, and many other things. Cameras have become a very important role in life, with either security cameras, police, or even cars. They have helped people when it comes to being robbed, police cases, and or even hunting with deer cams. They first started off basic, but over the years have become very unique and different. Surveillance cameras are very…

Today we are more reliant on the internet than ever before, in america our whole lives have begun to revolve around it from work to play. Because about half of our lives are now on electronic there are many parties feel as though they need control over this as well. Internet censorship is the act powerful companies and governments blocking sites and information they see as unacceptable for the public to access. In America there are many forces who are working towards making internet censorship a…

Improvements in Surveillance The article “A Surveillance Society” by William E Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey illustrates how the need for constant surveillance has created new technologies that are always improving. The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States prompted the growing trend in surveillance and the technology used to monitor citizens both publicly and privately. Police and the military use impressive high tech surveillance devices such as video scanners, electronic ankle…