...opposite views about privacy, which Etzioni states that less privacy is good for us and Friedman claims that more privacy makes the world a better place. In this paper, I will argue that Etzioni’s argument fails because privacy is really important for us to protect ourselves. I am going to explain in detail based on three different points in the next three paragraphs. First, in ‘The Limits of Privacy’, Etzioni argues that privacy is not important as many other goods. Based on his argument, he claims that “there are numerous values that trump or take precedence over privacy” (p.254) such as safety. However, I totally disagree his standpoint. Although safety also considers as a part of importance, it does not mean that safety can take priority over privacy consideration. Privacy does have significance effect for us to protect ourselves. Some people may think that it is worth to sacrifice their individual privacy in order to get freedom for safety. Once you give up your own privacy and allow anyone like governments to access to your information freely, your information is disclosed and you cannot get them back anymore. For example, after 9/11 attack in the United States, a lot of new measures about surveillance are introduced. The government can have authorities to wiretap, record or trace orders for email made by all Americans. These security actions do violate the nature of privacy. Airport security regulations also are enhanced after the 2001 attack, such as using X-ray to...
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...In my topic proposal assignment I will be talking about Mass Surveillance and Civil Liberties Since 9/11. In the weeks after 9/11 President Bush authorized the national security agency (NSA) to conduct a range of surveillance inside the United States. I will now give a summary about how mass surveillance is such a problem in the United States. Before one can understand how mass surveillance is such a problem they must know what it is; Mass Surveillance is the surveillance of a large portion or the entire population in order to monitor that group of citizens. The surveillance is often carried out by governments or their organizations. Mass surveillance came into effect to help government and law enforcement fight terrorism, to prevent social...
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...There have also been comparative studies on how privacy has changed for people over the years with the boom of social networking sites and smart phones. But, there has not been a substantial study or analysis conducted on how people's privacy has been directly affected by the ever-increasing population boom of mobile-phone users. This comparative study analyzes the concept of privacy with respect to mobile surveillance and draws upon prior work in the field of mobile surveillance, ranging from popular press on government surveillance in India and USA and case studies in these two countries related to people’s view on privacy, to the works of ACLU (American Civil Liberty Union) in USA and Stop CMS (Central Monitoring System) in India. The study is built around the analysis and comparison of the issue of mobile surveillance in both the countries, how people dealt with this, and the role of culture in determining people’s view on privacy. It also proposes suggestions for how future research can be carried out in the field of mobile surveillance. Keywords Privacy, surveillance, culture, mobile technology, society, ACLU, CMS Introduction The widespread use of mobile phones in the past decades have led to various developments in the field of communication. There has been a lot of positive development in the field of communication in both developing and developed countries. But, at the same time there has also been negative impacts too. The...
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...Thesis Statement With the recent school shootings happening and evidence of the perpetrators posting comments online thru social media, the government should be focusing on applying laws requiring companies to use artificial intelligence agents to help identify persons of interest and allow local law enforcement, along with the companies, to monitor these agents. Annotated Bibliography Dulek, R., Motes, W., & Hilton, C. (1997), Executive Perceptions of Superior and Subordinate Information Control: Practice versus Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 16, pgs.1175-1184 This entry examines the ethical practices of leaders in a business and their employees involving information control within a business. Specifically it examines whether these executives know if control is being performed and if they deem it ethical. The statement “…executives are generally drawn to those command activities they deem to be "proper and right." but shy away from those that are iniquitous.” R. Dulek has authored six books and publishes more than forty journal articles. He is currently...
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...Sub Point 1: What is the NSA; I’m going to begin by telling you a little about what the NSA is. The NSA better known as the National Security Agency is the main producer and manager of the signals intelligence for the United States. The NSA is responsible for the protection of U.S. government. The NSA is tasked with monitoring on targeted individuals in the U.S. But the NSA doesn’t just spy on targeted individuals; they spy on every U.S. citizen, they even spy on world leaders. They can spy on anyone around the world, and they can do this through social media, the internet and phones. I will explain this in more detail later. Ok so now that I’ve talked about what the NSA is, I will tell you guys how it is possible that the NSA is spying on us. Well to begin, the NSA spying program started back when George Bush was the president of the United States, the spying started right after nine eleven, this was in 2001 and that is 13 years ago so consider how long they have been spying. And it only got worse because technology developed, social media got bigger and smartphones were introduced. They wanted to keep the spying private but look how that turned out. The NSA monitored people whom the government thought were related to the Al Qaeda. Soon this led to spying on innocent and harmless civilians of the U.S. and all over the world. Sub Point 2: The Internet...
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...PREPARATION: 60 MINUTES EXAMINATION: 30 MINUTES The UK/Culture Text: Warning over “Surveillance State” From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7872425.stm, 6 February 2009 Assignment: 1. Make a brief introduction to the text. Surveillance is an ever-increasing technology, which threatens our personal privacy. In the rapid evolution of surveillance technology, we risk that the government receives and stores more information about us, than we want to share. Surveillance have made it easier to tackle crimes before, they are being executed, but we need to make sure that this power, in the form of knowledge, is not misused. 2. Sum up the main points * A warning against overuse of surveillance. * A threat to society, in a case of a misuse of power * A threat to personal freedom, and thereby democracy 3. With starting point in the following quotation, discuss the importance of the above mentioned issues: "The key is to strike the right balance between privacy, protection and sharing of personal data," a Home Office spokesman said.” (page 3) Maintaining the right balance between privacy, protection and sharing of personal data is very important. We need to make sure that every person in our country, or world, feels safe, and liberated to do and think what they please, as long as that person sticks to the laws of this country. Do we need to make sure that everyone obeys the laws of their country? Yes. But I don’t think it should be in a degree...
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...people are getting frustrate that why there surveillance cameras all over the place. There are surveillance cameras everybody because they want other people be protected from other major disasters, robberies, and other problems that can happen in our society. Let’s talk about the issue about surveillance cameras. Surveillance cameras are really essential to people because it protects you from different scenarios. But, for some people have problems with this because it eliminates the state of being private because the cameras can track anybodies tracks and know what they are doing and where they going. Also, if you are not doing anything wrong then the cameras won't affect you at all. It’s like saying that Big Brother is watching you everywhere you go. You wouldn't care because you’re not doing anything wrong. In this url “http://www.aclu-il.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Surveillance-Camera-Report1.pdf” states that surveillance cameras has good qualities especially in the city of Chicago. They say that Chicago has the most deepest and incorporated systems of surveillance cameras that prevent anything bad to happen. If anything bad happens the government will take action right away including the police force. They also state that these technological civilized cameras have the strength to already know everybodies identification pictures and names to protect anybody from harm of dangerous people.The moral of this url shows that not only surveillance cameras shows that these services...
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...how and why might it differ? The novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell, written in 1948, is a tragic illustration of what the world would be without the freedom to think independently. The internal context of the novel, which is set in London in 1984, whose protagonist is a rebellious low ranking party member called Winston Smith, is meant to portray a world of government domination defined by fear, hatred and ultimate control. The mode of the novel is written and the tenor is close as the story is told in limited third person. The target audience of the novel is people interested in reading and politics. Orwell wrote ‘1984’ as a warning against totalitarian tendencies and...
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...contribution that women make is negligible. It is also important to note that men are visual beings. They are significantly influenced by what they see. Their emotions are also often dictated by what they see. Women, on the other hand, are looked at by men. They are not visual beings such as men hence they do not command that power. In the movie, women are looked at and been portrayed as sexual beings, similarly in the current surveillance state, the government tries to...
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...of their employees. This is due to worries about; quality of work, productivity employee theft or misuse of company property One of the main ethical issues of the workplace is employee privacy and surveillance. Argument raised is: is it ethical to monitor employees whilst they are in the workplace? Is there privacy for employees and should employees expect Privacy at workplace? Technology has offered various options to help people maintain privacy depending on their situation. At the same time, technology has made it almost impossible for anyone to have privacy. There are devices and programs that can help you get privacy but they can also be used to invade it. Modern society has too many incidences and events that include invasion of privacy, including on national and international levels. Is it possible to ever maintain a level of privacy when you are on the computer, your cellphone, or even in your own home due to technology advancements? In this writing the prominent examples of surveillance at work that I would like to discuss about are surveillance cameras and internet surveillance. Since this topic is based around privacy in the workplace, "privacy" is a key term to be explored. I will analyze the definition of “Privacy” term as well as the reality of using Surveillance today to illustrate for my opinion on this...
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...Greenwald insinuates throughout the entire reading of No Place to Hide, that the government believes that they should have surveillance on the entire state because of safety factors and that it would unite it more effectively. This coincides with the statement “Mass surveillance is a universal temptation for an unscrupulous power. And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating power” (Greenwald, 4). If the government can pacify the people of the state by going under the illusion of safety, they can use “mass surveillance” and control the entire state without much, if any, dissent from the people. Greenwald’s stance is solid but his glazing over of how we can change things (other than using encryption like him)...
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...a human being anymore, so why shouldn’t the basic rights and rules of governing change with it? The problem with government infringing on the citizens rights does not lie in changing rules that are literally older than sliced bread. It lies in the fact that the government has not produced effective guidelines that check them, limiting their power in dictating the citizen’s private lives. Without...
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...bad, it is important to make a reasonable comparison between advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, let’s examine possible advantages. In today’s world, it can be observed that there are some countries who have totalitarian governments. And those governments want to keep control of everything. That’s why they are censoring some internet activities. Current governments of some countries like Russia, China, Iran, Vietnam, Turkey and etc… are putting lots of efforts in order to monitor internet activities and they are using Internet for surveillance. The worse part is they mostly use defending the stability of country as an excuse. Such mechanism as one powerful agency which would have control of internet might be solution for such globally totalitarian governance examples. Of course, it is impossible to please everyone, but still one controlling mechanism would make lots of things easier. Since Internet took place of traditional media sources, newspapers and tv, it can be counted as platform for people to speak freely. However, governments who surveil Internet for their political benefits to keep domestic “stability” limit or even destroy freedom of speech as well. As controlling media channels give governments chance to keep them people under surveillance, they exploit any media sources, newspapers, tv, internet. To sum up; having one controlling mechanism would have advantages for societies about speaking out about their opinions freely. By this way, governments would not exploit...
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...Totalitarian governments, by their very nature demand control over the people, encompassing all aspects of their lives, and through the use of surveillance, this control is maintained. Through the works of Anthony Burgess in A Clockwork Orange, Tom Rob Smith in Child 44, and George Orwell in 1984, these authors take a closer look into the necessity of surveillance in the survival of any totalitarian government. To begin with, the motivation for using surveillance over the people stems from the concept of power, maintaining the power of the state is the ultimate goal, and as long as the state is maintained, any measure taken is worth it. In addition, through the use of surveillance, governments are capable of creating an environment where the...
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...in the office and someone says “how is your cousin?” How did they know my cousin had something wrong? You have just been a victim of employee surveillance. As long as the software and video equipment has been around, employers have monitored their employees. Employee surveillance is not illegal, but there is a thin line between wrong and right that deserves more analysis: An analysis of employee surveillance in the workplace reveals an ethical issue of spying on employees or protecting employees and the company. When most people think of the word privacy, they are thinking about their personal space and having some time to themselves without someone or something looking in on them. A further definition is required. “A right to privacy can be understood as a right to maintain a certain level of control over the inner spheres of personal information and access to one’s body, capacities, and powers” (Moore, 2008, p.420). Privacy in the workplace might be a restroom break or even sitting alone in a lunchroom. When it comes to doing work, privacy cannot be assumed by employees. Someone could be watching you at any time. Webster’s dictionary defines privacy as, “the quality or state of being apart from company or observation; freedom from unauthorized intrusion” (D. Nord, McCubbins, & J. Nord, 2006, p. 73). Who is under surveillance? According to the American Management Association,...
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