Persuasive Essay On Surveillance

Did you know that 58% of employers have fired workers for Internet and email misuse? And 48% justify employee video monitoring as an effort to “counter theft and violence?” According to the “2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey” of which 304 U.S. companies participated in, computer-monitoring results have led to the highest cause of employee termination. These companies used several tactics to eavesdrop on employees while claiming to be managing productivity or for security purposes. Some argue that surveillance is absolutely necessary to help protect and grow a business; others argue that employee and customer rights come first. However, companies that use such tactics often violate the privacy of individuals, exploit their private information and even punish those that do not conform to their standards.

When humanity fears surveillance, people become afraid to speak their minds and hearts freely to their government or to anyone else. The film Minority Report by Steven Spielberg (2002), novella Minority Report by Phillip. K. Dick (1956), and book 1984 by George Orwell all depict that future surveillance is nothing short of overbearing in an unquestionably totalitarian society. Spielberg, Dick and Orwell envisage surveillance in the dystopian future as overbearing, invasive and slightly petrifying, and provide a clear caution about the overuse of surveillance in the modern world.

George Orwell wrote 1984, a novel suggested by the year 1984, the world could fall un-der the rule of a totalitarian regime that would monitor its’ citizens every move. Our “surveil-lance Society” threatens civil liberties in a way that mirrors Orwell’s fears. The recent profusion of surveillance techniques constitutes a threat to civil liberties.

On a positive note, self-surveillance devices can also protect the innocent from unjust procedures by providing them with an alibi (Dennis, 2008, p. 353). In other words, these gadgets have the potential to safeguard us from jail time. For example, a man named Hasan Elahi was frustrated with always being detained for his appearance and mobility after the 9/11 attacks, so he decided to deal with this by using his smartphone’s map to indicate to officers the exact spot he was at during the time an event took place with even taking pictures to provide evidence that he was not involved in any crime that he was suspected to be in (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). For this reason, Elahi’s self-surveillance is both a measure of safety and a hassle for him as he is forced to document his life, so that he is not questioned for every move he makes because of his looks and lifestyle (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). Even though self-surveillance technologies can create an alibi it unfortunately becomes a matter of privilege as those who are considered the “norm” are not scrutinized as much as those who stand out (Kang et al., 2011, p. 34). With that being said, self-surveillance starts to affect powerless individuals even though this is not how the gadgets were designed to be used (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). Instead the purpose of using these devices was for us to use them to take initiative in our protection without expecting others to do it for us (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). Disappointingly, it seems that our intentions become lost in the process as self-surveilling tools become an instrument in which we can prejudge those who we believe seem likely to have committed a crime or will likely commit one in the future (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). On account of this unsettling findings it is crucial that we do not always trust technology to answer all of our problems rather it should be used as an additional source of knowledge (Goodyear et al., 2017, p. 2). Overall, as long as self-surveillance devices are used by mature human beings we can see that technology can prevent and protect us from any form of threat that might come our way (Dennis, 2008, p. 350).

Over the past few years, there has been a major concern over the NSA overstepping the surveillance and privacy of the American people. The constant daily threats from ISIS and other terrorist groups have put the lives of the people who live on U.S. soil in danger. We must believe that the NSA is not violating our rights to privacy. They ought to have the capacity to screen the private data of the general population who represents a danger to the National Security of the United States, regardless if it infringes on their 4thAmendment right as the information that is captured is being utilized to avert future terroristic attacks in the U.S. and keeping America safe.

I have long been interested in the history and ethical issues surrounding government surveillance. I found that the US Government infringement on the rights of private citizens began as far back as 1928 when the Supreme Court ruled, in Olmstead versus the United States, that evidence from unapproved wiretaps were permissible. That means that they didn’t violate the fourth amendment. The ruling claimed that phone conversations were not physical objects and no physical trespassing had taken place. Soon after, project SHAMROCK was developed. It was a system that collected international telegrams coming through private service providers and was used to crack down on Soviet espionage, without warrants. The program was in service for 30 years. Wiretapping was

Justice is dead, extinct, eradicated by those who seek monetary gain as opposed to altruism. Why would you give the people what they need as well as desire, when instead you could line your own pockets with capital from corrupt billionaires and businesses? Society has surpassed the point of complete saturation with these injustices, and now we are on the brink of a catastrophic dystopian meltdown. With politicians drafting bills to monitor and control the public, government agencies sidestepping the law in a misguided attempt to achieve justice, and a dishonest mainstream media trying to sway the public view every step of the way, it is quite a wonder we have lasted this long. Surveillance is the way of the future, and anyone who exhibits a dissenting opinion is labeled un-American,

It is the year 2040 and drones fly around observing people everywhere. Being watched is normal; the people have no concept of privacy. Government surveillance is when the government constantly watches over a person, group, place, or ongoing activity to gather information. This process violates the Fourth Amendment and calls into question national security and the ethics of our government. While some may say that government surveillance is useful, the violation of privacy outweighs the benefits.

Right to privacy online has increasingly become an issue, especially in society today the rapid development of internet users have more then tripled according to the next web sources (thenextweb.com) It's actually quite depressing that we have evolved into this addiction of constantly craving that daily need for technology. People practically "live" online and most actually feel that their private information that's being uploaded should be completely "safe and secluded" from other online users. Let's just take a second to digest the whole concept of "online privacy" because let's be honest to ourselves, there is no such thing. There's no way to stop hackers and companies from seeing what your doing without being contradicting, how do you think we catch these people? Investigators invade their privacy to find evidence. These flaws within our media and lives will always be a constant battle. Society must come to accept the fact that there will always be someone watching you or tracking your every move online. Although the term "privacy" states that one is not to be observed or disturbed by other people and there is a restricted access and control to our personal data. Hackers and other ad related companies can easily generate, store, collect, duplicate and distribute data through the Internet as reported in news article from adweek (adweek.com) Unfortunetly, the internet is not a private place to be releasing your personal vendettas, whatever they may be. It's virtually

For this reason, Elahi’s self-surveillance is both a measure of safety and a hassle for him as he is forced to document his life, so that he is not questioned for every move he makes because of his looks and lifestyle (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). Even though self-surveillance technologies can create an alibi it unfortunately becomes a matter of privilege as those who are considered the “norm” are not scrutinized as much as those who stand out (Kang et al., 2011, p. 34). With that being said, these self-surveilling gadgets start to affect powerless individuals despite the fact that their main purpose is to protect (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). Disappointingly, it seems that our intentions become lost in the process as self-surveilling tools become an instrument in which we can prejudge those who we believe seem likely to have committed a crime or will likely commit one in the future (Dennis, 2008, p. 352). On account of these unsettling findings, it is crucial that we do not always trust technology to answer all of our problems rather it should be used as an additional source of knowledge (Goodyear et al., 2017, p. 2). Overall, as long as self-monitoring devices are used by mature human beings we can see that technology can prevent and protect us from any form of threat that might come our way (Dennis, 2008, p. 350).

Protection might be the first thought for some people when it comes to government spying, but for others, it is thought to be fearful, or even downright, disturbing. Some people love the fact they have someone more powerful watching over them as these people believe the government will in turn, keep them from harm. However, others think they are taking the spying way too far, and the government should stop completely. There are also those who prefer an approach that is somewhat of a median between these two extremes. After many years of technology upgrades and terrorist attacks, the government has acted to protect; but the effect has changed the lifestyle of many in countless, drastic ways. The government is taking a step in the right direction regarding the overall goal of putting terrorism to a halt. After 9/11, it was time to step up the security from older times. The safety of the American people is above all, and is therefore above privacy; furthermore, Government spying is a must for the safety of Americans as it should not be a problem unless you are doing something wrong.

What does a person think of when they hear the word privacy? Is it the thought of the government not telling people everything that happens? How about the thought of keeping secrets to oneself that would be considered embarrassing if the truth ever got out. Privacy is a significant right that people have in the US and should have everywhere. People tend to claim that privacy is not an important issue for most people but it desperately needs to be an issue that everyone is involved in. If people are not aware of their rights to privacy then the government could slowly take away our rights to privacy without anyone noticing until it is too late to do something about it. As citizens it is important to know what privacy is, how the government treats private information, and what our rights are as people to privacy.

Think about this: You are offered the possibility of being safe from any bodily harm for the rest of your life. The only way to go about it, however, is to be locked up in a prison cell. You will be well taken care of and completely safe for your life. Would you rather have that scenario, or be free to walk about freely with the chance of some physical harm? Personally I am in between because why should I sacrifice my privacy for anyone? Companies should have a balance between protecting us and having to invade our privacy. Considering what is happening around the world I have to mind sharing my privacy for my safety. I believe, Companies track their employees’ phones is such an unethical and immoral action. Firstly, Companies shouldn’t investigate about any employees’ personal life. Secondly, social media cannot influence employers and colleges to make decisions about one's life. And lastly, I would like to talk about San Bernardino shooting where FBI demanded to breach to Apple Inc. and wanted to have a “backdoor” to all the IPhones out there.

Almost all the social media websites offer multiple options of security and privacy settings, which can control who posts something on your page, what people can see, and other simple ways of protecting you. The victims that are dealing with cyberbullying, should learn how to use each internet safety and privacy settings effectively, to lessen to the chance of someone stealing their information or photos. Using privacy features like blocking a person from your profile or reporting a person stalking your profile, can help to prevent cyberbullying in the long run. It is also important to identify the people with whom everything on the person’s profile can be shared.

The Internet and the mobile phone are two inventions that changed the world and the course of our generation and future generations to come. They have become apart of our daily lives, from communicating with loved ones to finding out what is going on in the world. However, they have also turned out to be the perfect implements for Domestic Surveillance. For the topic of Domestic Surveillance, we are going to be talking about NSA (National Security Agency).