why the NSA is bad some people believe that everything on the internet should be monitored by the NSA, well i believe that is completely wrong and unjust. for a couple reasons. But the main one is that it goes against the fourth amendment in the constitution. The fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by a probable cause, which means that the NSA can 't search your messages,calls,search history, or data unless they have a reason that is lawful and approved by a judge. But in most cases they don 't have it approved.
Though the NSA has economically benefited the United States by helping the prevention of attacks by the terrorist, giving fund towards the government and use of programs, and also the prevention of others hacking and taking over the system, it is believed that it is best if the NSA just does not continue any further. With the continuation of the NSA it can cost more taxes to be removed and invading our privacy which is against our rights in the constitution which 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, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. ” We can solve the problem of the NSA invasion by shutting down their programs causing them to not invade our privacy and use money which could be used for many other
Our gov. has the power to see our phone calls, emails, texts, and nowadays our social media with ease. After the Patriot Act was passed our security has been an absolute top priority and it's becoming a social problem. Tons of people have been complaining that we have no privacy anymore and that big brother is watching our every
Every American is being monitored even without reasonable cause for the government to be monitoring them. The intentions of both acts were to monitor Americans who are supporting the terrorist and help fight the terrorist crimes within our country. The problem is that the government is over stepping that line and is monitoring everyone’s phone data. Phone data is not a reasonable source to gain suspicion of someone who a terrorist or helping a terrorist. Washington Post has posted on May 24, 2015 that the FBI confirms that no major terrorism cases were caught form the Patriot phone data collection (Krieger, 2015)
Obviously, the most current and most defining example was the NSA spying enacted by the Patriot Act and even more hidden; FBI spying during the Civil Rights Movement. When the Patriot Act was signed by President Bush, this allowed the creation of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). This allowed wiretap requests and "…did not have to give the probable cause for suspicion, the reasoning or evidence that explains why the suspect should be investigated" (Stefoff, 2008, p. 44). Arguably, these requests were split into two categories: terrorism and suspicion of crime.
The side of this debate that supports less strict criteria for warrantless search of the digital information of cell phones is law enforcement, which is made up of various entities that track American citizen’s data to keep the country safe. Government lawyers and supports of warrantless cell phone searches argue that “searching a cell phone is no different than search other items commonly found on a person at the time of arrest.” In addition, they point out that prohibiting these searches would hurt prosecutors’ chances of proving guilt in drug trafficking cases because of the widespread use of cell phones by drug dealers in order to move their products. At surface level it seems that the Court has just required police to get warrants before checking cell phones, but the ruling could lead to questions about the NSA’s capacity to conduct warrantless search on American’s data. Government institutions, primarily the NSA, have used “section 215 of the Patriot Act” to analyze American’s phone data, but this ruling could show that the Court is attempting to better protect the Fourth Amendment rights of citizens by stopping
Attention all citizens! The government is watching your every single move. They know all your passwords, emails, and phone numbers. Your privacy is being invaded! Destroy every piece of technology you own and stand up against those attempting to dictate our lives!
I believe that they are violating our freedom act and our individual privacy. If we have a computer that collects all information about us, how can we be sure that other terrorists will not be able to get a hold of our private information? Personally, it makes me feel less safe that everything I do digitally is stored somewhere. There are people
The NSA collects billions of mobile phone records daily to track the telecommunications of ordinary people and their locations at all times. In a thirty day period in 2013, over 124.8 billion phone calls were recorded. The NSA monitors the phone, email, and social media connections of anyone within three “hops†of a foreign suspect. Each hop links to all the connections a person has on their contacts or social media friends. In other words, one hop away from a person puts all of his or her friends on the NSA watchlist, and the second hop puts all of their friends on the watchlist.
The Fourth Amendment 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, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized" (Administrative Office, n.d.) The key to this is unreasonable searches and seizures. I am using a government-owned device and if my employer believes I have something to hide that could be hurtful or harmful, he should be allowed to search my device without waiting for a warrant. The only time it would be infringing on my rights protected by the Fourth Amendment is if he is being unreasonable and only checking whenever he felt like being nosey.
Everything you do is being watched thanks to NSA. Americans privacy is being revoked because of new technology. From “cookies” tracking your computer to drones following you on the street. Technology is becoming an immense part of our everyday life. We tend to forget how powerful technology can be.
That's my tracker,” by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan they talk about how every personal information that a citizen has safe on their phone is not safe and that their phones are in danger. In the article, they mention how “1.3 million of call data was collected”. Millions of cell phone users have been swept up in government surveillance of their calls. That proves that cell phone companies have definitely been watching our every move and how our phones have obviously become like our personal trackers. In the article, they also mention how “Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks – and this data is particularly treasured by police departments and online advertisers” this obviously shows that the government is able to obtain private information from citizens.
“The average 21 year old has sent about 250,000 emails, instant messages, and text messages alone” (“23 Cool Tech Facts,” 2014). How would you feel if each of those messages were being read by the government? The National Security Agency (NSA) is constantly checking every message that is sent through electronic devices, such as cellular phones or computers, in fear of acts of terrorism. They are able to invade our personal lives whether we like it or not at any moment in time. This is the reason why I think that technology is transforming our society into the world of Big Brother.
Should government be allowed to snoop and eavesdrop threw your private things? To me eavesdropping threw somebody's private stuff and snooping threw things that are not your business is wrong. The only time government should be allowed to snoop on your personal stuff is if you have a record of being a possible terrorist or known for being a criminal. (The U.S government only searched for detailed information calls involving fewer than 300 specific phone numbers among the millions of raw phone records collected by the National Security Agency in 2012).1 The government is really just a group of people who ruin this country.
Under the guise of national security, personal communication through Internet and cellular conversations are becoming government property; proof of this is the amount of intercepted information data. People
