Privacy VS Safety
Privacy VS Safety
Essay Project
English 4 A
Andres Arcila
Beacon High School
Index
I. How much privacy are citizens willing to sacrifice for safety?
II. Imagine you are Edward Snowden and write a letter explaining why you should be allowed to return to the U.S.
III. Discuss one section of the Patriot Act that you have a strong opinion –either positive or negative- about. In a well-written paragraph, explain your point of view.
I
As technology advances and the border between privacy and public knowledge becomes more and more blurred. Each day it becomes easier and easier to track someone’s information, their past, their likes, their closest friends, and even those that are not so liked or close to them. The question that surges becomes clearer each day “Is safety as important as privacy?” As time passes, national security is now a front line topic that we face on a daily basis both in the real and virtual world. Criminals as well as government agencies use the power of the internet to both attack each other’s data and safe keeping their data.
Citizens’ rights to privacy and safety have always been an issue upon which there is constant discussion. The privacy argument used to stop certain government advances; yet again the line between privacy and safety has never been well defined. To keep majority of the population safe law enforcement officers and government agencies are sometimes faced with the need to infringe on some individuals right to privacy under the idea of common welfare. This is where the line blurs, is the safety of 1,000s worth the infringement of the rights of a few others? The rational answer is yes, the safety of many will always surpass that of a few but ethically the safety of 1 is just as important as that of 1000 as no one human being is more important than another.
The line has been further blurred as citizens have started to freely share their personal information and making it public data by using social
Essay Project
English 4 A
Andres Arcila
Beacon High School
Index
I. How much privacy are citizens willing to sacrifice for safety?
II. Imagine you are Edward Snowden and write a letter explaining why you should be allowed to return to the U.S.
III. Discuss one section of the Patriot Act that you have a strong opinion –either positive or negative- about. In a well-written paragraph, explain your point of view.
I
As technology advances and the border between privacy and public knowledge becomes more and more blurred. Each day it becomes easier and easier to track someone’s information, their past, their likes, their closest friends, and even those that are not so liked or close to them. The question that surges becomes clearer each day “Is safety as important as privacy?” As time passes, national security is now a front line topic that we face on a daily basis both in the real and virtual world. Criminals as well as government agencies use the power of the internet to both attack each other’s data and safe keeping their data.
Citizens’ rights to privacy and safety have always been an issue upon which there is constant discussion. The privacy argument used to stop certain government advances; yet again the line between privacy and safety has never been well defined. To keep majority of the population safe law enforcement officers and government agencies are sometimes faced with the need to infringe on some individuals right to privacy under the idea of common welfare. This is where the line blurs, is the safety of 1,000s worth the infringement of the rights of a few others? The rational answer is yes, the safety of many will always surpass that of a few but ethically the safety of 1 is just as important as that of 1000 as no one human being is more important than another.
The line has been further blurred as citizens have started to freely share their personal information and making it public data by using social