On NSA Spying and Privacy
I recently
read an article called NSA: fear of a black van by David Gewirtz. Gewirtz states that he believes that most of
are afraid of the government spying on us.
He then express that most of us are honest people that do not’t been the
bend the rules almost any. The thing is
Gewirtz writes and is consult by in his area of expertise counter terrorism. He then relates following conversation
between him and his wife. Mrs. Gewirtz says
“What have you been doing this morning?”. He answers “Well, I'm running a simulation on
what happens if a nuke were detonated on the ground here in Central Florida.
It's really kind of small compared to an air burst. It's pretty clear why air
bursts are more effective." He then
states it’s his job to research these scenarios. He infers that is is “perfectly normal for me
to be simulating a nuclear detonation at 10am and then dive into issues of
Chinese espionage at 2pm.” The inference
is that he uses his computer to research these topic. He then asks the pivotal question "What
if the algorithm doesn't know that?".
The Program may then place him on watch list and says “Will the black
vans show up outside my door?” The
government could make his life a nightmare.
He express that he believes that we need to be protect from terrorist
but that government can and has in the past made lives miserable. He references that J Edgar hoover allegedly
used his secret files that to black mail influential to get his way. He states “Based on what we know of history,
we can't give them that trust.”
I he is that
I believe that his article mirrors closely what my views are on the
subject. I believe like the tone of the
article that chances of the government being interest in you are remote. But I believe also that with the spread
constant yielding of yield of personal information. Though all kinds of electron mediums like
social networking sites, smart phones, and our I believe to insecure e-mails
system. That we as society leave a lot of
information about ourselves in the open for others to get at whether they are
with government or not. I believe that we need to be carful of what
information we put out there. That
mostly by default that internet is a public place that we assume to private. And that it is assumable The storage of the
information on the internet is indefinite.
What are the groups that I am afraid of getting information on
me. My future employers wanting access
to my Facebook page is one. I like small
group of friends and family. If got
access to Facebook you could find out many things. About me who my friends are, what music,
movies, and video games I like. What if
I say something or like some in spur of the moment that will put in someone black
books forever. The I am afraid of people
who use technology I use against me to find were I am. An example would be that a thief downloads a
piece malware that tells him my location.
Another piece of info I would hate for my future employer’s to have is
my medical history. Our are available
through reverse phone number look up.
The GPS feature of smart phones can track our every move. He could use information to rob my house while
I am away. The fact that we have already
have not had or lost a right to privacy in our electronic places is sad. We as society need to carve out some rules of
the road for which election places and information is private and to what type
of groups should it be protected from.
Works Cited
Gewirtz, David. "NSA: fear of a black van."
26 August 2013. www.zdnet.com. 1 September 2013 < http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-fear-of-a-black-van-7000019846/?s
cid=e540&ttag=e540 >.
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