... services. These advanced smartphones that revolutionize ways of communication and provide easier access to information have begun to create controversy, in terms of exposing the privacy of cell phone users - mainly due to government surveillance and data retentions. Recently, around 6 out of 10 Americans showed disapproval of the government collecting ... Gellman, 2013, para. 3). More information within the documents entail how the NSA decided not to report a programming glitch within the surveillance systems that caused an unintentionally large interception of American phone records wit...

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... information has become public. Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA, leaked information about the NSA having access to all data such as phone calls, emails, internet use, and many other technological outlets. His public display of this information forced the government to cover their tracts and spin ... people by making them believe it is solely for their protection. The NSA has been spying on Americans since 1973, starting off with listening to phone calls. Since Snowden leaked the information regarding this content, the NSA has made public what they can see and how they use ...

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... have been fifty-four accounts where the NSA has prevented terrorist attacks around the world, including thirteen domestic threats in the United States. The NSA's surveillance system consists of tracking phone calls and other internet sources to stop terrorism before it happens. More or less like a spider's web, with intentions to prevent flies from bombing a building. Thanks to the numerous "networks ... incidents where the NSA, in conjunction with the Legislative Branch, have erred while on their journey for accomplishing domestic tranquility. A U.S Intelligence document first reported...

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... much larger scale, the government and NSA surveillance are a prime example of modern day panopticism as they have been invading Americans privacy by reading there text messages and listening to phone calls. Michel Foucault gives his opinion on power and discipline in "Panopticism". He begins by explaining what measures were taken to control the plague, such as quarantine and forced ... for much of the discipline that was evident during that time. From there, Foucault describes Jeremy Bentham's "Panopticon", a tower in the center of a room which has vision to every cell, generalized fo...

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