Lit Reveiw Individual: Updated

In 1952 the NSA was formed as a product of the Cold war, to protect our national security. To some extent I believe that NSA is a good thing however there is a point where a line needs to be drawn between protecting America’s security and respecting the privacy our constitutional rights gives us. More innocent American’s have their privacy tapered with then criminals. I believe that most people to some extent know what NSA spying is, I just think most people are unaware of how far privacy violations are taken. Restrictions and limitations need to be implemented on the NSA. Most people might think, I have nothing to hide, so why should I worry about the government tapping into my emails, phone calls, or text messages. I must admit I do fall into this category. Even if NSA spying doesn’t concern you first-hand, it still needs to be considered as an ethical problem. We are all born equal so we need to consider those individuals that may have something to hide, and I don’t mean hiding something such as breaking the law. Use the speaking who came in just last week. She had no support in the “real world” therefore she had to figure herself out using the virtual world. She had mentioned how she was careful to find safe sites to express her identity with, to meet new people, and figure herself out. As, you can imagine this stage of her life must have been very embarrassing for her, she was afraid of who she really was and wasn’t ready to reveal her identity to the entire world. People, who are in situations such as her, completely innocent people are the ones I am referring to. I am positive she would be mortified if she had found out the government was tapping into her personal emails while she was going through this stage of life, something like this would be very embarrassing for a person which is why restrictions need to be put on NSA spying. Emails, private social media information, even things such as google searches should not be sent and stored by the government with just anyone, there needs to be some kind of lead or history for the government to hack into individuals information like this. I understand to save lives sometimes action needs to be taken quickly to find and catch criminals, there isn’t always time to go through proper documentations and filing warrants. There just needs to be a better system to getting into private information when needed. Privacy shouldn’t be monitored of individuals who have no lead.