This caused much controversy as Americans would classify him as a traitor or hero for what he did. Americans called him a hero because they feel like they should have some type of privacy and security when it comes to their private documents and what they do over the internet as well as in their free time. Other Americans feel like he is a traitor because he revealed documents that were classified and did not have permission from the National Security Agency to leak them to the public. I classify Edward Snowden as a hero. The National Security Agency (abbreviated NSA) is the creator and manager of the signals intelligence agency of the United States of America who’s responsibility it is to check and analyze all foreign communications.
Down with the Patriot Act The Patriot Act is a very controversial law. It allows the government much more room to do as they please. Some of these practices that government officials can do are monitoring phone calls, emails, and going through personal records. They say this will help prevent terrorism, but is losing one’s privacy really worth it? Could there be a better way to prevent terrorism?
Kostadinov goes on to note that most cyberterrorism actions are generally focused on website sabotage and email blasting. In order to prove that the network breach was a terrorist attack the company would need to provide electronic evidence of these types of information warfare. Information warfare is a term often used interchangeably with cyberterrorism but provides a deeper understanding in the shift of how data has become fundamental to society. As governments, companies and people shift to the use of digital information so have the methods used to attack (Gilmer, 2001). In order to combat this aspect of terrorism, the military have adopted computer forensics as part of their defenses (Vacca & Rudolph, 2011).
The key provisions will be identified along with their meanings to both governmental agencies and the average citizen. Section 203 (b) and (d) information sharing: allows information from criminal probes to be shared with intelligence agencies and other parts of the government. These provisions are at the heart of the effort to break down the barriers that used to separate criminal and intelligence investigations. The United States Justice Department has frequently blamed these barriers for the failure to find and detain September 11th hijackers prior to the attacks. CIA agents had information significantly prior to the attacks that some of the hijackers were in the United States and were suspected terrorists, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claims they did not receive the information until August
Tien Nguyen Per.3 May 1, 2015 The Surveillance Used by Big Brother The surveillance in the book 1984 has many similarities to our government and society today. The government can spy on us by looking at our texts and what we doing on the internet anytime they want. They also look at us through video recording from stores and street. Police have also been found to violate our privacy as well. Advancements in technology have revolutionized the way we as a society communicate and function.
Companies such as this are required not only legally, but ethically to protect the customers’ private information or be held accountable by law. It is also bad practice to allow this sensitive information to be disseminated and stolen by cyber criminals. Since this kind of data must be protected at all costs, certain regulations were put in place so that standards for information security could be monitored. One of these standards is that all personal information is to be encrypted when being sent over the internet and also on the servers. This will make it much harder for the hacker to access the information easily.
In an attempt to prepare for and prevent future acts of terror, the government implemented the USA PATRIOT Act on October 26, 2001. This act lessened the restrictions on law enforcement agencies in regards to their gathering of intelligence within the United States. The act also gives law enforcement officers the right to search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s consent or knowledge. The act of making these clear violations of a person’s privacy was highly controversial but approved in the unremitting post 9/11 pursuit of justice. According to The Washington Post, more than 263 government organizations were either created or reorganized following the attacks.
doesn’t have many things to go against it. One safe way to stop terrorism is the Visa Security Program. The Visa Security Program interdicts criminals, terrorists and others who would exploit the legal visa process to enter the United States. The program serves as the agency’s frontline in protecting the United States against terrorist and criminal organizations. While many security measures focus on screening names against lists of known terrorist or criminal suspects, the program relies on HSI special agents to identify potential terrorist or criminal suspects and stops them before they can reach the U.S. Another way to stop terrorism are scanners.
In recent news the US Government has been questioned about the legality of their surveillance practices in the National Security Agency(NSA). This is proof that the government is indeed hiding certain aspects of our society. Our troubles in Syria are also proof that there are nuclear weapons that are indeed unknown to the rest of the world. Brave New World made me question a lot of aspects of the United States of America things like the War on drugs, why is that there is a war on drugs when the reason there are drugs are because of the government. Why is there countless evidence that the reason there are drugs such as cocaine, LSD, heroin, and speed?
In a nation which is becoming increasingly wireless, our privacy has slowly vanished. We might think that, “Oh we still have some privacy”, but that is not necessarily true. The government has gained access to all our once private information, from our emails and phone calls, to the precious family photos we have saved on the cloud. They insist that they are only doing this to protect our nation. But what are their true motives?