Analysis Of The Article ' Why Mass Surveillance Violates International Law ``

In support of privacy, Daniel J. Solove wrote, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have ‘Nothing to Hide.’ Solove begins his argument by introducing the nothing-to-hide argument. In general, the argument for surveillance is ‘if you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear:’ hence people’s support for government efforts and regulations to ‘protect’ citizens by decreasing privacy. Those who object this argument target its most extreme cases. For example, if you have nothing to hide, could I take a nude picture of you, own all entitlements to the photo, and share it with anyone? Absolutely not, most would say, but this objection is not exceptionally compelling according to Solove. In order to understand privacy, we must not reduce it to one single definition. Privacy is extremely complex and involves a range of different things that share common characteristics. For instance, one’s privacy can be invaded by the expose of your innermost secrets, but it may also be invaded if a peeping Tom (without the reveal of any secrets) is observing you. Your privacy may also be invaded if the government seeks extensive information about you. All of these examples cause harm related to an invasion of privacy, thus making the definition of privacy not applicable for a “one size fits all” conclusion. The underlying and most significant harm that comes from surveillance is the problem of information processing. Solove uses The Trial example to demonstrate this effect. Here, the

The general public gives an problem with the government surveillance as a media for invading others privacy. With the government monitoring, collecting, and retaining people's personal data, one side would claim that it is an infringement of their freedom to the rights to privacy. While the National security associations justifies the reason for monitoring would be to maintain order. Their ways to maintain order would be to monitor criminal and terrorist activity and to detect incoming threats, terrorists, or problems that would harm their country. This issue shows that freedom cannot exist without order. Although the general public wants their freedom of their privacy, they can not achieve their most of their desires because it puts their lives at risk without protection. Order is necessary in order to have freedom. It is impossible to attain entire freedom for a cause, however, it is possible to attain freedom to a certain

In today’s world, Privacy and Security comes hand in hand with internet. Technology allows us free speech and freedom of information over the internet, by imposing strict laws and policies regulating the privacy and security of our information. According to Richard Clarke, free expression over the internet and its privacy are two sides of the same coin (Privacy and security(n.d.)). Writing blogs, uploading posts, comments or pictures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, networking or sharing links on Linkedin are all considered as our free expression and its security is our right. Individual right to

Privacy is what allows people to feel secure in their surroundings. With privacy, one is allowed to withhold or distribute the information they want by choice, but the ability to have that choice is being violated in today’s society. Benjamin Franklin once said, “He who sacrifices freedom or liberty will eventually have neither.” And that’s the unfortunate truth that is and has occurred in recent years. Privacy, especially in such a fast paced moving world, is extremely vital yet is extremely violated, as recently discovered the NSA has been spying on U.S. citizens for quite a while now; based on the Fourth Amendment, the risk of leaked and distorted individual information, as well as vulnerability to lack of anonymity.

As a growing topic of discussion, privacy in our society has stirred quite some concern. With the increase of technology and social networking our standards for privacy have been altered and the boundary between privacy and government has been blurred. In the article, Visible Man: Ethics in a World Without Secrets, Peter Singer addresses the different aspects of privacy that are being affected through the use of technology. The role of privacy in a democratic society is a tricky endeavor, however, each individual has a right to privacy. In our society, surveillance undermines privacy and without privacy there can be no democracy.

The advanced technology makes it possible that our government can have access to any individuals’ private information, including their daily schedules, emails, friend cycles, social network accounts, eating habits, buying behaviors, and the places they frequently visit. Solove finds that the government often uses the way of surveillance to imperceptibly control people’s lives (345). It means that the government has deprived individuals of their freedom in a way that monitors their every move. For instance, people may avoid talking about ISIS on the phone with others under the surveillance because they are afraid of whether their conversation will be taken out of context and misinterpreted by the authorities. Being watched by the government, people may choose to change their behaviors to adapt to the government’s value and interest. Living in a democratic society, people should freely choose what they want to share and what they need to hide. Thus, the government’s surveillance deprives people of their right to live their lives and share their opinions at will, keeping them being controlled by those in power.

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” This statement has long been a fundamental piece of the law that makes up the foundation of the United States of America. In recent years, however, many citizens have come to believe that their Fourth Amendment Right of protection from unlawful search and seizure is being infringed upon by government organizations such as the National Security Agency. The question that many have asked about what is now known as mass surveillance is, are citizens rights being infringed upon?

Internet is being used by billions of people everyday by many different users from different countries around the world for good and bad. Privacy as we knew it in the past before the technology became so advance is no longer possible and how we unadventurously think of privacy is dead. The general public who doesn’t have any knowledge about how their privacy is being invaded while they use the net when it is becoming more advance everyday, it is very important to examine this particular issue when it comes to practice our right of privacy. Since, USA Patriot Act, it is no longer a question whether our privacy is being surveillance without us even knowing about it, when it is already being happening today, the question now is how can we perform

The book centers around the idea that the government surveillance state has gotten so out of hand that it encroaches on every American civil liberties and right to privacy. Greenwald proves his point quite well by using his personal account, classified NSA documents, and a commentary on the political landscape with regards to the U.S. 's view of the surveillance sector. Mr. Greenwald can incorporate the viewpoints of many Americans and foreign countries in a way that only works to support his claim. The book shines a new light into the secret actions of the U.S. government and poses questions of the power of the state versus the rights of the individual.

Medine’s piece, Choice Between Security and Liberty a False One, focuses on the delicate balance between privacy and security. The central theme presented is about the methodology of information gathering. First off, Medine explains that a knee jerk reaction to tragic events, such as the attacks in Paris, shouldn’t be the catalyst to end or change existing surveillance programs. Following the Paris attacks, there were appeals requesting that the National Security Agency increase their phone records collection program known as Section 215.

In this paper I will be talking about government surveillance. The government pries through social media sites to gain information about United States citizens. I have become reliant and careless on social media. My birthdays is posted on social media, location, and school. Cell phones calls have been invaded by NASA as well. Internet searches are one of the governments way of tracking habits and patterns of potential suspects. I use technology for almost every school assignment, so avoiding technology in this generation is practically inevitable. Since the release of the government being guilty of surveilling its citizens, many citizens vocalized their stance or opinion. While some citizens claim they cannot function with knowing that they

Before the technological age, there were thousands of years in which the only way to record an image was to painstakingly spend countless hours painting it onto a canvas. Now, we have the ability to record video, in amazingly high definition, with a camera lense that is remarkably small. With the boom that technology has had, we have not been able to keep up with the laws that surround it. One such controversy, is the use of mass surveillance. We have been unable to decide if it is ethical to breach everyone's right to privacy in the name of supposedly preventing crime. After a careful analysis of the benefits and liabilities that mass surveillance brings, it was found that mass surveillance is a breach of people’s right to privacy, and is impractical in preventing crime.

One of the prominent examples of uncontrolled surveillance is the United States, recently brought to the spotlight with whistleblower Edward Snowden. The bulk collection of data conducted by the NSA and other agencies in secrecy violates the privacy rights of the American people as stated on the constitution by the 4th amendment. The founders of the constitution did not predict the creation of phones and the internet and incorporate privacy to specifically include these products. Nonetheless, even if the privacy rights is not stated in the amendments, the act of invading civilian privacy without warrant is still a reach too far in regards to government capabilities to monitor its citizens. This capability can lead to corrupt power in the government

This is where agencies such as the CIA and NSA have been ignoring peoples rights, and invading their privacy by spying on them and stealing their data. An prime example of this is the PRISM Surveillance program, of which the details where leaked to the Washington post and The Guardian by whistle blower Eduard Snowden. The program collects user collects e-mail, voice, text and video chats of foreigners and an unknown number of Americans from Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Apple and other tech giants. The program was present in a dozen other countries including New Zealand and Australia, collecting data illegally from its citizens as well and thus the issue spreads from its U.S. foundations. The right to privacy is something every human on the planet has, but the NSA and numerous other nefarious agencies choose to ignore this and continue to snoop on citizens, checking their every digital footprint. It also gives the government an unprecedented amount of power and control, which history has taught us, can easily lead into greed and lust corrupting the government and country

The right to privacy is human rights, and restrains both government and other actions to threat the privacy of individuals (Right of Privacy, n.d.). In 2013 the global surveillance disclosure of NSA and CIA amongst others have been a debate internationally. With these companies watching your every move, and save important and private data about you in their systems they are violating your right to privacy. After the USA Freedom of Act was rejected this year in November, the U.N takes action to protect the human right to privacy (The U.N. Acts to Protect the Human Right to Privacy, 2014, November 25).