Privacy And Privacy

The Federal Government should not be able to monitor our phone calls and emails because not only would this place an endangerment to our personal identities, but it is also a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Say there was a corrupt agent who works for the federal government who has the ability to open all of our emails, view all of the sites on which we browse, and see or hear all of the people who we affiliate with through all of our profiles on social media or by simply tapping into our phone conversations. Or maybe that person can gain access to our bank account information, then having the ability to freeze our bank accounts, leaving us unable to buy necessities like food or water. If information such as this

Constitution, the founding fathers recognized that citizens in a democracy need privacy for their ‘persons, houses, papers, and effects.’ That remains as true as ever, but our privacy laws have not kept up as technology has changed the way we hold information.”

Social Media is one of the biggest ways that all people can interact with one another globally. It is a fun place to connect with close or distant friends and family members.

In this new era, Smartphones and social media have become the ultimate amalgamation. If someone has a smart phone, it is very probable that person uses their smart phone mostly for social media. Now that is has been created, there is no stopping it, social media is everywhere and will continue to be everywhere for a very long time.

Before you type whatever is on your mind, like a picture, or share a post on either Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you should know that your “audience” is way bigger than you think. What this means is that it isn’t only people who use social media that can see the things you like, share, or post, but big companies, networks or even the federal government can see all of

Using Social media for academic research is accelerating and raising ethical concerns along the way, as vast amounts of information collected by private companies – including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter – are giving new insight to all aspects of everyday life.

Another article posted on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse adds, “Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA) requests filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with assistance from the University of California-Berkeley Samuelson Clinic have shed light on how government agencies use social networking sites for investigations, data collection and surveillance. Facebook has been noted as having a reputation for being ‘cooperative with emergency requests”. There is a reason that all of this has raised ethical concerns, and is because it is unlawful for big companies and government agencies to have the ability to monitor people, even if it’s through social