...Many people have had the thought in their mind of, “Should the government be allowed to see what I’ve been doing?” The government wants to keep us safe and with doing that comes a price of giving up some of your phone privacy. One reason is to keep us safe from attackers. Another reason is to know “who did it”. In addition, the government only listens to keywords and does not monitor everything that happens on a device. In 1918, The Republican minority in Congress argued that sedition laws violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and the press. President John Adams took away the rights of the people by passing these acts. The acts included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. The connection to this subject is not a similarity. The connection is a difference between the two. The government did not take away any rights of the people. Even though most Americans believe that...
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...Orwell wrote the novel 1984 published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. in 1949. 1984 is a political novel written with the purpose of warning readers in the West of the dangers of totalitarian government. In 1949, the Cold War had not yet escalated, and many Americans supported communism as possible political systems for the west. Therefore, Orwell wrote his novel in order to expose the cruelty and oppression of communist countries. In his dystopian nation, Orwell gave a sneak peak of what a country could become if the people gave all the power to the government. In 1984, Orwell portrays the perfect totalitarian society in which the government monitors and controls every aspect of human life to the extent that having a disloyal thought is against the law. They do so with the use of technology such as tele screens and microphones across the city which allowed the government to monitor all the citizens almost all of the times. In order to keep the citizens of London loyal and obedient to the government, they use psychological manipulation designed to overwhelm the minds capacity for independent thought. Every citizen has a giant tele screen which not only monitors their behavior, but also feed citizens with positive propaganda of the government which makes them believe their government is successful in every way. "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,...
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...U.S. Government after 9\11 Markel Limbacker Kaplan College Abstract The U.S. Government has made many changes to the way it handles everyday functions. The acts of September 11, know as 9\11 made the government look at things differently. When the two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers located in the middle of New York City the government woke up from its sleep that day. The security in the U.S. did a complete turnaround and the USA Patriot Act was born. U.S. Government after 9\11 Since the attack on American soil the government issued the USA Patriot Act. This was created to deter and punish terrorist acts in and around the United States. It was also designed to enhanced law enforcement and the way it handles investigations. The USA Patriot Act gives the government more power in controlling attackers. It gives more awareness to those in charge in protecting the government and its people. USA Patriot Act: The act was made to unite and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. This was the main reason the act was created on October 26, 2001. The act allows the government to monitor money laundering, financial crimes, and finances of terrorists groups. It allows the government to monitor banks across the United States. Laws have been created to monitor bank officials inputting data into the system that will alert the government of it’s actively. Anything that looks suspicious...
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...monitored. This is the conflict of workplace monitoring. Technologies today allow employers to monitor almost every aspect of their employee’s job including the time he, or she, arrive to the office, telephone use, Internet use, computer terminals, and voicemail. This kind of monitoring is virtually unregulated, therefore, unless it is stated in the company policy, an employer has the right to listen, watch, and read most an employees workplace communications. The e-mail policy at Dell Services Federal Government (DSFG) is lax, whereas, the company would like the majority of communication to be work-related; employees are allowed to communicate with others for personal use as well. This policy is covered in our handbook, it simply states that if one wishes to keep information private do not store or transmit information on company systems. Private e-mail accounts have been blocked from our server so use of personal e-mail is not permitted. Similar to the e-mail policy, the company wants the internet to be used majority for work-related business. However, short personal business such as paying a bill, making a purchase, locating something, or other small personal business is permitted. During the employees lunch hours, all are allowed to surf the net and visit networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. There are a few sites blocked that employees are not allowed to access such as Xbox.com (one of the competitors of Dell), all personal e-mail accounts (Gmail...
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...stops the police and other government agents from searching us or our property without "probable cause" to believe that we have committed a crime. Other amendments protect our freedom to make certain decisions about our bodies and our private lives without interference from the government - which includes the public schools.” These rights are very important to citizens in society. Without these rights, each citizen will be suppressed and violated. The rights of the individual should always be upheld. We obviously have far more rights to privacy than the citizens in the book "Matched" by Allie Condie. In the book Matched by Allie Condie, the citizens are forced to contend with a lack of privacy in their society. This lack of privacy is dangerous to society because of certain violations that this can bring; such as inference of the government in our daily lives and restriction of the fundamental rights that we are entitled to. In the book Matched, the government keeps an eye on every citizen. This constant surveillance is evidence of the lack of privacy going on in their society. The issue of lack of privacy is a major one in the story, and it was an issue that America has had to deal with. I cite the Patriot Act as an example. The purpose of this act was to “deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.” “The Patriot Act allowed federal agents to monitor electronic communications...
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...Benjamin Franklin said, “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” This quote highlights one radical side of the debate over how much freedom and security are necessary to have a balanced government. Some would rather have a very secure, but limited for freedom society, similar to the one portrayed in 1984. People should exchange freedom for security to some extent, but not to the extent in 1984. A government should not always watch and monitor their citizens, people should have the right to say, read, and write what they want, even if it doesn’t agree with the government. (Look on pages 2-4 for quotes about the gov. monitoring). In 1984, Winston shows that actions can be hidden from the government,...
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...the highest number of deaths, it is important to have gun-control laws that restrict people from owning dangerous firearms like machine guns. Gun-control laws should support both sides of the debate. Of course, both sides will not be completely happy with the laws created, but America should have a balance. In 2008, a poll was taken stating: “Adult poll respondents’ views on the meaning of the Second Amendment; An individual’s right to bear arms: Republican 51% and Democrats 41%” (The History of the Right to Bear Arms). Today, the United States is more divided on gun-control than it has ever been. The Second Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”(Milestones in Federal Gun Control Legislation). Unless the Second Amendment is changed, we cannot take the right from others to own guns. However, the government should regulate the types of gun Americans can own and who can own a gun because times have changed and American’s mental health system is broken. Decades ago, the United States was once a country where a gun was considered to survive and protect. “As Americans civilized the wilderness, they would eventually be able to rely not just on their own skills at individual self-defense for protection, but on laws and civil authorities and the other institutions of government they were building ” ( Whitney, Pg. 103). The United States did not have the civil...
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...the highest number of deaths, it is important to have gun-control laws that restrict people from owning dangerous firearms like machine guns. Gun-control laws should support both sides of the debate. Of course, both sides will not be completely happy with the laws created, but America should have a balance. In 2008, a poll was taken stating: “Adult poll respondents’ views on the meaning of the Second Amendment; An individual’s right to bear arms: Republican 51% and Democrats 41%” (The History of the Right to Bear Arms). Today, the United States is more divided on gun-control than it has ever been. The Second Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”(Milestones in Federal Gun Control Legislation). Unless the Second Amendment is changed, we cannot take the right from others to own guns. However, the government should regulate the types of gun Americans can own and who can own a gun because times have changed and American’s mental health system is broken. Decades ago, the United States was once a country where a gun was considered to survive and protect. “As Americans civilized the wilderness, they would eventually be able to rely not just on their own skills at individual self-defense for protection, but on laws and civil authorities and the other institutions of government they were building ” ( Whitney, Pg. 103). The United States did not have the civil authorities...
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...down to priorities. In order to prioritize the nation as a whole, one has to sacrifice a small amount of their own personal independence and privacy. The government of the United States, on all levels, should have the power to view all messages communicated across technology in order to protect national security....
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..."The United States has a duty as responsibility to monitor Internet content to the extent that the content poses an imminent threat to the national security of our country, the government, a person, or an organization. Although Americans have First Amendment rights, which are important and provide access to the Internet for information, knowledge, and freedoms of speech, sometimes it may be necessary to violate those rights. It is necessary to monitor the Internet when Cyberbullying in schools occurs and schools may need to monitor the social media accounts of students. The government may need to monitor the Internet when the national security of a country is threatened or the government may need to monitor e-mails and the social media accounts of ordinary citizens in order to identify international and domestic terrorism....
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...United States employee rights authorize you to have a privacy workplace. People are wrong because, according to workplace privacy studies, the odds were good that your employer was monitoring all your internet actions, including your web pages and chat rooms (Niznik, 2011). If your company policy does not state there is a workplace privacy policy, your employer may watch, listen, and read just about everything in workplace area. Employers have the right to protect their business, their finances, and all of their equipment. The American Management Association (AMA) conducted a study of 526 employers which most use some type of electronic surveillance of the employees (Niznik, 2011). Many employers will deny they use any type of electronic surveillance however; the odds are good that your employer has “the eye,” watching your every move at work. Employers are not required to provide workplace privacy because your employers own everything you use at work. Your employers own the computers you work on, the telephones you talk on and the buildings in which you work. There are only a few weak employee workplace privacy right laws that exist. Since there are so few workplace privacy laws, it is legal for “the eye” to spy on you without your consent or your awareness. The only time an employee should have privacy at work is when they are changing their clothes or using the bathroom. Surveillance should not be allowed when you are in a place where you will expose any of your body parts...
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...Inside Job The old-fashioned way for issuing loans was “originate and hold.” Banks would take short-term deposits and other sources of funds and use them to fund longer term loans to businesses and consumers. Banks would hold these loans to maturity and have an incentive to screen and monitor the borrower’s activities even after a loan was made. This model exposed the banks to potential liquidity, interest rate, and credit risk. In order to avoid these risks, commercial banks shifted to “originate and distribute.” An underwriting model in which loans were originated and quickly sold. This innovative way removed the risk from the balance sheet of financial institutions and shifted the risk to other parts of the financial system. The FI’s were not exposed to the risks of old-fashioned banking, and had little incentive to monitor the activities of borrowers to whom they loaned to. They lowered credit quality cut-off points, offered low rates on adjustable rate mortgages (ARM). Under the old-fashioned issuing of mortgages, FI’s would’ve never pursued low credit quality borrowers for fear of default. Asset securitization and loan syndication allowed banks to retain little or no part of the loans, which meant little or no part of the default risk that they originated. They were ignoring long term credit risk concerns altogether. While the old-fashioned way exposed the banks to risks, the innovative way not only exposed the banks, but...
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...reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes for the people of NYC which resulted in 20 less calories of trans fat for the consumers of NYC per day. The writer concludes that the trans fat ban was successful for this reason and because there are now healthier options on NYC fast food restaurant menus. Local government should not pass laws focused on nutrition. They should not monitor what we eat because people should be able to make their own decisions. The ban would not teach people how to choose for themselves. The fact is "The study did not track diners long enough to see if their lower-fat choices translated to actual health gains, such as a drop in heart disease or obesity, but other studies show that such benefits are possible." Based on this statement we really don't know if the governments ban on trans fat has even had any real impact on peoples health. Not to mention the 2006 requirement that came before the ban that allowed citizens to see what is going into their foods. It's important to note that "In 2006, the federal government began requiring packaged food makers to list the amount of trans fat contained per serving, which was helpful for grocery-store shoppers comparing the...
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...government’s capability to procure information and exert surveillance. I believe the greatest impact the U.S. PATRIOT Act had on the civil liberties of Americans is its authorization that allowed government to monitor and log phone calls, internet usage, medical records, and other personal information—all of which can be found in section 215 of the U.S. PATRIOT Act—also as impactful, however, is the act’s approval of searches on suspected terrorists that allowed law enforcement to circumvent the fourth amendment—found in section 218 of the U.S. PATRIOT Act. These two provisions...
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...Lama is extremely wrong and biased in his outlook on what the world will look like after such major medical advances? The Dalai Lama says there may be many consequences of science on culture and society. In all reality, consequences will never be known unless; these medical and technological advances are introduced and tried out. Consequences and effects play a very major role in science; it is all trial and error. The Dalai Lama may try to give the good and bad sides of these advances; however, they are vague and cannot be taken as the “doctrine” or “moral compass” for society. The Dalai Lama comes from Tibet, a place where people are not as nearly as modern or technologically advanced as Americans or other world powers. Tibetans have totally different priorities, morals and outlooks on life. So, how could the Dalai Lama expect for modernized people to follow his guidance when he comes from a background that lives for the future and not the present? In reality, the world is having so many medical and social issues now, from the swine flu outbreak to the present state of our economy. Do we forget about these present issues and just focus on a future world that may not even be here in the near future with or without the effects of science and technological advances? Genetic engineering can increase the yield rate and lower disease in plants in order to provide more food production. This could be an outlet for the hungry and the poor, especially in under-privileged countries...
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