2006-12-25 19:22:49 · 15 answers · asked by sdsingh02 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Not at all.
Simply put, people have had a fairy tale expectation of privacy for far too long. Let’s look at a short history of communication.
Messenger, you had to tell someone something so that the message could be relayed along so that it could reach the person that you wish to contact.
The Telegraph, Again it is a string of communication. You had to tell the operator what you wanted to say. Then it was broadcast along to the next station and again until reaching your end contact.
The Telephone, when it first came out most people had party lines. Eavesdropping on a party line was common practice, Operators eavesdropping was also not unheard of. Today with the proliferation of wireless and cellular communication your conversation is floating in the ether just waiting for someone with just a basic understanding of the technology to listen in.
Now the internet, Each and every person who logs into the internet leaves behind traces of themselves as they go from site to site. When they send an e-mail it is marked and each and every person must go through a ISP. The ISP can keep records of everywhere you go, as well can your telephone provider and many other fun people.
When you feel you are using a communication device you very well could be watched. The government is not the biggest e-stalker out there, nor is it even the best. Look at folks like Amazon and eBay, they know more about you than any government agency, unless you work in some sort of high security field.
The only time that you have any real expectation of privacy is during confession. And then only if you do not talk about killing yourself of someone else.
Keep to yourself more than anything. What ever you talk about could very well come back to haunt you.
Good luck
2006-12-25 20:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by Crzypvt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If anyone is keeping records about me without my consent, that is an invasion of privacy. I realize that governments have long claimed a lot of "right" in this regard, and I understand that in war time there may be some justification for it. But we are not in a war in this country, and there is really no good reason to invade the privacy of Americans in order to find out what web sites they visit.
Having said that, I understand that once the technology is in place, there is almost no way to effectively stop the government or anyone else from gathering way too much information about our personal activities. It is not paranoid to behave as if nothing on the Internet is really confidential, HOPE it is not true about your credit card information, and function as normally as possible.
2006-12-25 20:03:03 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a public forum. That means you have no expectation of privacy. A good example is, if you use a pay phone in a closed booth you have some expectation of privacy. Use a pay phone that is not enclosed just hanging on the wall of a gas station of store, hen you have no expectation of privacy. If your not doing something illegal why do you care? If tapping phones and the Internet will stop the next 911 I say go for it!
2006-12-25 19:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by mark g 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When data is in transit it is on public domain. So we really have no say to weather it is monitored or not. Not only that but the Government created the Internet(TCP/IP protocol) to have a redundant system to send and receive data. Can we control what they do with their own creation.
2006-12-25 19:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by higg1966 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it ought to be with the aid of fact we are nonetheless at conflict. The scanners and the so referred to as pat downs are extremely in basic terms a minor inconvenience. We nonetheless have greater civil freedoms than maximum international locations in the worldwide.
2016-10-06 00:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! They r only watching us to protect us from terrorists. Theyre not going to arrest for a crime unless its terroristic or something serious like that from a phone call or internet. Theyre r terrorists out there and Bush is handling it like a dumbass but the Patriotic Act (watching us on internet) is one smart thing hes d one.
2006-12-25 19:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it is in a public forum like this then no. If it is meant as a private conversation then yes.
2006-12-25 19:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
THINK? I know. If they want something from me, and i want to tell them, they should ask me. F*ck the govt. They can kiss my free American butt. They work for you and I, but they forget that, and so do we.
2006-12-25 19:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ya because what we do online is none of their business. Do you want big brother looking at your myspace?
2006-12-25 19:24:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nah. I have nothing to hide. If they are able to help keep us safe by doing it, then I don't mind at all.
2006-12-25 19:24:13 · answer #10 · answered by bashnick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋