How Technology Can Protect Privacy?

Is anyone’s private information contained in their cell phone actually private? Are appointments, bank information, conversations, the user’s location or other sensitive personal information truly confidential? Is there a Big Brother watching? There is no definitive answer to any of these questions. From the beginning of time to now, privacy has become more and more scarce. Through new developments in technology, it is hard to believe that someone is not watching your move at any given moment. The government’s job is to keep Americans safe, but where is the line drawn? Where is the difference between having a reasonable doubt and accessing information solely because these government officials have the power to do so? The government has infringed upon the rights of the American people when it comes to this topic.

"_ÑŒ_ÑŒ Living in today_Ñés age, a technological advanced era in which billions of people who have access to the internet and at the touch of their hands or a click of a button we are able to access thousands upon thousands of websites that can bring us to an information overload of anything we may desire or need. We may also access these features through our cell phones, but did you have any idea that the government also can look through our personal information? Whether it be personal or whatever we were to look up, they have the ability to find anything that we do, but should it only be if they have a good enough reason to be looking for specifics? For example government is obligated to listen in on private phone calls through landlines , texts on cell phones and even check through social medias. The government is allowed to track the time date and the location of

“As the foregoing has made clear, personal information is an extension of the person. To have access to that information is to have access to the person in a particularly intimate way,” (McFarland). When the government takes a person’s private information to use for insensitive matters, they dehumanize the human, and strip a human of their rights to individuality and expression, going against the American way. When the government has the ability to spy on our lives they obtain greater advantage above us regular people. If we are not careful, and accept the government’s hold upon us as a norm, we will never be able to define ourselves as freedom thinkers, and humans with liberty and full rights to

Technology has become more accessible to the point it has become easier for government to watch everyone's move. In this generation technology takes over everyone's daily life, where people wakes up and the first thing is look at is the phone. A phone there are many things on it, like text, pictures and videos. Phones can do many things, but there is a possibility where the government can tap into a phone and look through it. The government can watch everyone’s: text, history, private info, and pictures. Government has no right to looking through people’s personal info because it violates Fourth amendment, Blackmail, and Creates fear.

Privacy is a natural right that needs to be kept because if it is not a free society cannot function as one. If we give up our total privacy, we give up our freedom, which in essence throws away our liberal society. Every individual enjoys the act of being alone because it allows him or her to be themselves without facing any type of judgment. Every individual would cringe at the thought of being watched at all hours, while eating, sleeping, communicating, or participating in another activity. I would would feel embarrassed and petrified to know that every time I took a shower I was being watched. Everyone enjoys his or her right to privacy in America. In my opinion, the government has no right to invade our privacy because not everyone is a criminal and gather all this information

One main factor of privacy is that it allows individuals to further explore their independence and individuality. People define themselves by exercising power over information about themselves, being that the United States is a country for the people whether you're Republican, Democratic or Independent. Having the government file and organize personal information is a violation. A free country does not ask people to answer for the choices made and do not have to choose what is shared and what is hidden. What if the government doesn’t protect your information with adequate security, and an identity thief obtains it and uses it to defraud you? Even if you have nothing to hide, the government can cause you a lot of harm (Solove

As a private citizen, my privacy is very important, especially when in this new digital age; governmental agencies will use that information against you if they have a probable cause to. However, we are protected under the First and Fourth amendment, which gives us rights to speech, to drink or smoke in our homes without governmental intrusion. But when those rights are violated, we have the options to dispute those actions and if not satisfied with the results we can take it to the courts. But in order to do this we must limit what we say or do, in order to prevent these agencies from trying to impinge on our rights of liberty. What this does is give the agencies the right to look into our lives, but are we actually giving them the

Privacy is defined by Dictionary.com as “freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, secret surveillance, or unauthorized disclosure of one’s personal data or information”. This is something that most people value extremely highly. From everyday civilians to government officials, everybody wants some level of privacy. Many say surveillance technology denies them the right to privacy that they are given at birth as American citizens. However, there should be a small amount of wiggle room when it comes to this technology, in order to protect the country and its people. In “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets”, Peter Singer gives us an insight into privacy in the government. He discusses the

Privacy is mainly about trying to improve your social and business opportunities by concealing the sorts of bad activities that would cause other people not to want to deal with you" (qtd in Shaw 23). The general population really has nothing to hide from the government. According to the government, if that is the case, then the public has nothing to fear and should relinquish all rights to privacy. While in theory, that would be a grand solution, but Americans still want to feel as if they have a choice who sees their information and what particular information is shared. Corporations, such as Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook, use our browser history and internet search patterns to solicit us and recommend things that we may be interested in. We still feel that we have privacy, since these companies provide us with encrypted devices, however they themselves invade our privacy and use our information for data mining purposes. This can be compared to "digital Stockholm syndrome" (27). Consumers do not give a second thought to the price and overlook the invasion in their privacy to get the latest and greatest

The United States is a nation that was established on several major guiding principles, including freedom, independence, and democracy. These guiding principles have become synonymous with American culture and have helped the nation prosper deeply since its dawn in 1776. One of the major core principles of the American culture that has come into question recently is privacy. Government agencies have begun pushing the boundaries of personal privacy through the justification of hoping to ensure national security. By keeping records of phone transactions, and personal messages, the National Security Agency and its supporters, argue that they are simply making an effort to prevent domestic terrorist activity. However, I would argue that the government's

The most important job of government is to “secure the general welfare” of its citizens. Security is a common good that is promised to all Americans, and it must outweigh any personal concerns about privacy. The right to privacy lie behind the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which bans unreasonable “search and seizure”. When the government collects and shares information about its citizens, it is conducting an electronic version of such banned searches. Surveillance is the secret watching of suspects’ private activities. In the past this usually involved following people, or going through their trash. These days it is mostly electronic, with the police and intelligence agencies listening into private phone conversations or reading emails

Everyone should have the right of privacy and most human beings believe that they do. That is far from the truth. The NSA, National Surveillance Agency, has been spying on every U.S. citizen and even foreigners for many years. They have been collecting vast amounts of data illegally. In 2013 a man named Edward Snowden released thousands of documents about how the NSA was invading privacy by looking at phone records, computer history and so much more. Before Snowden released these document no one had any idea how much information the NSA really had. The government needs to have strict laws, that are enforced, about what information they can collect and who the information is about. Citizens of the U.S. also need to be informed about what information is being collected.

The American government exploits privacy for the purpose of looking for clandestine terrorists. This affects all the citizens that log in, and post updates on a daily basis, when in actuality a piece of their privacy is being sent to the United States Government. The US government has a very powerful and watchful eye, within the borders of the nation and the rest of the world. Privacy issues are no obstacle for Big Brother (U.S. Govt.). Privacy affects many facets of our daily lives; lesser things have sparked revolutions in the past. Privacy should be the central focusing topic for the public in this data age for all citizens of the world. Whenever citizens of America, or the world for that matter, log in to their computers, they do not realize the U.S. Government is compromising their very privacy.

Furthermore, the government spying on its citizens is a huge violation of the rights they are granted. Privacy is a person’s right as a human being, however, privacy is also a privilege. If a

When it comes to personal privacy, people are always aware, trying to keep their information secure from those who have bad intentions. But now the government is attempting to have a have a say in your privacy. With the recent attack on San Bernardino, the government is trying to have Apple break into the attacker’s phone with hopes to find evidence. But with that happening the government would have access to everybody’s iPhone. The Government having power to look into your phone and see what you’re doing or where you are makes you feel like you have no privacy. Although the government is breaking into your privacy, it is so that you may feel safer. Which raises the question if we should have our privacy taken away for security. We shouldn't