Privacy vs. Security
The terrorist blast had destroyed the office building. Piles of glass and concrete littered most of city block, the air was thick with dust, debris still smoldered. The police had no suspects but had already sent out an all-points alert. Then when troopers pulled a van over for making a couple of risky lane changes, they found a duffel bag held a change of clothes, a small kit with a new razor and other toiletries, and a .45-caliber pistol. The truck had been stolen, and the driver wasn’t talking. Within an hour, an FBI team walked into a Wal-Mart with the picture of the arrested man. One of the cashier recognized the face, she said, “He lives out on county 15". The clue for the FBI was the razor blade the suspect bought from the Wal-Mart, which had a unique identification code to be tracked down - This may should like the start of a mediocre TV drama. But given recent events-and coming technical advances- it just might be a scenario pulled from tomorrow’s news. The fact is that, they know where you are- but the question is do they have the right to know that? They know what you are doing- but do they need to know this? They know whom are you talking to- but what help can they provide knowing all these? As to improve securi
I then tried the google.com search engine for specific information about this topic typing 'Security vs. Privacy'. The result came up with thousands of matching criteria. In the website www.townhall.com/phillysoc/gragliaorleans.html, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont who is also the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said, "We must not give up our liberties in improving our security" because he said, "if we do the terrorist win". To my understanding, he said this because civil liberties like "privacy" is the most cherished thing that people have earned with great value. In the web site of 'Electronic Privacy Information Center (www.epic.org)' I found a newspaper [The New Republic, September 24,2003] comment as, "Our constitutional freedoms may be about to face their most serious test in several generations. We cannot protect ourselves from suicide bombers by blindly surrendering our liberty." After reading these comments, I am confused about sacrificing privacy for nothing. My confusion furthered as I tried another web site called www.infoworld.com where James Gilmore, chairman of the National Advisory Commission on Terrorism and a former governor of Virginia said,” You will give up everything by way of individuality, privacy, anonymity.... and even then you would not have total security." Reading these comments, I am confused-confused of sacrificing precious privacy with no outcome. And I also want to know, can sacrificing privacy ensures our security we require today? All these perspectives changed my view about privacy and security. I came up with a decision of making a balancing between privacy and security. In the web site of Congresswoman Eva Clayton (www.house.gov/clayton), she said, “We must take the necessary precautions to safeguard our lives, but must not relinquish our cherished freedoms". But I still don’t know the frame work of
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