"The National Security Agency is tracking the location and movements of hundreds of millions of cellphones outside the United States in an effort to find suspicious travel patterns or coordinated activities by intelligence targets, according to secret documents leaked by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden." what happened to the fourth Amendment? Yes, I get that we are trying to do everything we can to prevent something like 9/11 to happening again, but this is just crazy. We have the right to have our own privacy just like everyone els does in this world. The fourth Amendment was made for a reason. What if I went traveling all over the world just because i wanted to, and when i came back to the United States I was then accused of being a terrorist?
In October, The New York Times reported that the agency carried out a secret test project in 2010 and 2011 to collect large amounts of data on the location of Americans’ cellphones inside the United States. James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence, confirmed the existence of the test program but said that it was never put into practice. We should have the right to know these types of situations that are going on in this world, especially when we are basically being stocked without even knowing it.
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ReplyDeleteIn a way, I do agree with Ms. Ramos on the privacy of our everyday lives, but I have to say they would have to have a good reason to listen in on us. They're just trying to protect the country from being in danger or harm. Would they have to notify us? No because then there wouldn't be a point in secretly listening in. Once you know you're being listened in on, then you'd be more careful. The point is, I believe we can be listened in on or tracked but it would have to be a very good reason. For all we know, everyone who has a cell phone could have been listened in on at least once and not even know it. I agree that we need our privacy but I don't agree that we all need to be left alone.
ReplyDeleteIn Ms. Ramos blog she asked "Is it right for the Government to track our phones?" The 4th amendment clearly protects people from unreasonable searches by the government, unless the government has a warrant. So unless you have a warrant the government shouldn't be tracking your phone. Tracking you phone just because you wanted to go visit someplace out of the United States, doesn't give the government the right to track your every move. You do have the right of privacy, so I believe the government doesn't have the right to track our phones.
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