Privacy Security Issues

Early one morning of December, 2012 Glenn Greenwald, a reported who often writes about national-security issues, received an email from an anonymous email server. Anonymous email servers are used to hide a person’s identity. The source was asking for Greenwald’s public encryption, or PGP, key. Greenwald did not have one and certainly did not know how to install or use it. Greenwald disregarded the email. The source later sent step-by-step introductions on how to install and use a PGP. Again, Greenwald disregarded the email. The source attempted to get Greenwald’s attention for about a month, then moved on. On January 11, 2013, source sent an encrypted email to Micah Lee, a technologist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the chief technology

Just like every other person, I enjoy my privacy. I would not want my actions to be monitored whenever I used my computer of cellphone. As I stated earlier, the constitution does not allow searches or seizures to be performed without a warrant or probable cause. It is very possible that creating the program would interfere with what the constitution says. Living in America is all about being free. Increasing surveillance would take away part of my freedom as well as others’. The constitution was created to keep America free and protect the rights of American citizens. Without the program, America would not be free. American people would have to live in constant fear of what attack will happen next. Also without the program, a non-living person does not have many rights to be protected. The constitution was created in the interest of American citizens, so it would not benefit a country if it prohibits the creation of software that would be used to protect people. The world is always changing and technology is becoming more effective, therefore methods of protection cannot be taken as if terrorists are carving their messages into stone pillars. Terrorists are far more mainstream than that. They are communicating through texts, emails, phone calls, and more. Therefore my program would need to be able to identify when they communicated. Not creating the program would cause a

When Prism became known to the people of America, it was a widely discussed controversial topic. Then people later moved onto discussing Ylvis' smash hit "What Does the Fox Say?". It was almost as if everyone forgot about Prism. The use of Prism, or another program, will become what is normal. People will realize that the program does not interfere with their personal lives and will carry on living. Only a few people in the NSA knew what Prism was. Most people in the actually NSA did not know what it was and had never heard of it. Since no one knew about it, no one who was innocent of terrorist relations was affected by it. I would do just the same with my program. I would keep it secret so that there was not a rebellion against it and American people would never know of it. Since Snowden leaked the information on Prism, terrorists now know that they are being watched when they make calls. They will find sneakier ways to hurt the U.S. So, NSA will have to find ways that are cleverer to prevent terrorist attacks. Creating the program could possibly be the solution. Maybe it is already being used as a solution. Who knows? I don’t and if they are, it certainly isn’t harming me. Government secrets are important since they are in the interest of the people and should not be leaked because they can cause a lot of controversy and cause their actions to be less effective.