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Current Topic Critique Northern Arizona University Jeanette Martinez INT 440 Professor Aubrey Rupinta January 29, 2023
Current Topic Critique 2 Introduction The article on “ How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone ”, is interesting because it shows how Spy-Tech firms use their technology and how they market their products to governments around the world. The biggest Spy-Firm company mentioned in this article is “ NSO Group ”, which is based in Israel. Israel is the second-largest exporter in the world of cyber-security products, next to the United States (Perlroth, 2016). NSO has developed spying software that can see all of the activity on a target’s iPhone, like a user’s location and personal contact. The spy-tech tools that are created can turn a phone into a secret recording device, without a user even noticing and impossible to detect. Spy-Tech Firm These Spy-Tech firms have come to light due to anonymous tips received by the New York Times from individuals who have dealt with the company. NSO Group motto is “Make the world a safe place”. Spy-Tech firms argue that spying is important to prevent terrorist attacks. There is essentially no check on the invasion of privacy that can occur once this technology is sold to a purchaser (Perlroth, 2016). Surveillance tools are priced by the number of targets one is spying on, with a set-up fee of $500,000. The firm charges government agencies $650,000 fee to track 10 iPhone, and lower prices depending on the phone type. Companies like Facebook, Apple, and Google are making it harder for government to access their data since they are using stricter encryption, which is making NSO’s software more in demand in recent years. Fourth Amendment Electronic surveillance can implicate the Fourth Amendment right of people, to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizure. The Fourth Amendment protects any place where an
Current Topic Critique 3 individual maintains a reasonable expectation of privacy. Since electronic surveillance is a search under the Fourth Amendment, it is subject to the same warrant requirements as other searches. To obtain a warrant, the government must show probable cause to believe a search is justified, describe in particularity the conversation to be intercepted, and provide a specific time period for the surveillance, among other requirements (Carter, 2009). Technology Encryption The digital technologies that have revolutionized our daily lives have also created minutely detailed records of those live. In an age of terror, our government has shown a keen willingness to acquire this data and use it for unknown reasons. Although we have laws that protect us against government surveillance, firms like NSO sell tools to government agencies that cannot be challenged until they are discovered. When these tools do get discover, our law of surveillance provides only minimum protection. Encryption frequently blocks law enforcement, at both local and national levels, from accessing data that could be useful in their investigations or even prevent potential crimes from occurring. Encrypting smartphones and other devices helps protect against malicious hacking, identity theft, and other crimes. I do believe that if law enforcement went through the proper channels to get a warrant for any encrypted information, an individual is obligated to hand anything over that it named on the warrant. Individuals Rights and Intelligence Law enforcement has a "solemn obligation to protect fully the legal rights of all Americans, including freedoms, civil liberties, and privacy rights guaranteed by federal law" (CIA, 2017). All of law enforcement's activity must be properly authorized. It is extremely important to understand that due to the constitution of the United States, there are a lot of
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