Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Essay on Government Surveillance and Eduard Snowden

For years the government has been secretly committing surveillance. The FBI places wiretaps, monitors calls, and reads emails of millions of people. Whether they are trying to catch thieves or prevent terrorism, spying is a part of everyday life for the people of the United States. Before, this surveillance was committed in secret, with no one but the governments knowing what, and why it is happening. Then, in the 20th and 21st centuries, people began to find out. From the Pentagon Papers in the 1970’s, or recently Edward Snowden publishing papers about NSA surveillance, people are shocked and outraged by the new knowledge that we are not as anonymous as we think (Vilines, 1). Government surveillance has lowered citizen trust, increased†¦show more content†¦By spying on people who are helpers and assistants to these groups, but don’t have a criminal record in the United States, we can gain more information on the terror abroad (Sulmasy, 1). Another reason is to catch thieves, burglars, and murderers in the US. Implementing CCTV has lowered the amount of shoplifting and robberies (Bledisoe, 20). It has been proven that people are more likely to do the â€Å"right thing† if they are being monitored, and less likely to question authority, which will lead to lower crime and less public disturbances (Villines, 1). Another reason for the increase in surveillance is the increase in online activity. New technology makes it easier than ever for people all over to world to set up websites and profiles for sharing information, including terrorism plans, information, and funds for setting up these operations (Sulmasy, 2). However, there is also new techniques to stop surveillance from catching these criminals plans. Anonymous browsers like TOR and the Deep Web make it more difficult for people’s information to be intercepted (Grossman, 2). The NSA is trying to intercept and manage to collect data from these networks using better techno logy than ever. New data mining software is in use to try and capture wanted criminals, such as the NSA’s prism program (Greenwald, 2) . The PRISM program allows the NSA to ‘tap in’ and read data off social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and Youtube (Greenwald, 2). The

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