Government Spying Alessandra Pena S Bio S 19

Government Spying Alessandra Pena S

Bio S 19 years old S Born in Lima, Peru S Came to the US when I was 6 S Lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Virginia S Majoring in Computer Science

Intro/Background Info S Government spying has been around for a long time S “Big Brother” is watching you S Agencies are specialized in covert affairs S Hackers are increasingly being recruited S Has become an issue of privacy

Claim S Government spying has become increasingly invasive which harms both national and international relations. Government agencies should focus their attention more on those high risk individuals or organization who truly threaten the nation rather than waste time, effort, and resources on every single citizen.

Privacy Issues S NSA partnered with AT&T to intercept phone and internet communications S Man in the middle tactics S The government can spy on citizens through anything S Phones, social media, cars S “As one example, the NSA has inserted its code into Android’s operating system…bugging three-quarters of the world’s smartphones. Google – or the NSA – can remotely turn on your phone’s camera and record at any time. ” -Washington’s Blog

So What? S Government POV S Cons S Look out for potential S Invasion of privacy threats S National security/safety S Citizen Paranoia S Data Theft S Tense international relations

Electronic Frontier Foundation S EFF is an organization that defends people’s rights in the “digital world” S Filed several lawsuits against govt. spying S Jewel v NSA S Hepting v AT&T S First Unitarian v NSA

Conclusion “The NSA has used some questionable ways of obtaining information for sure, but they have good reasons. If the federal government were to restrict the NSA in what they can do, we would still get information, and in a less severe way that this does not infringe on the privacy of innocent people” -The Roundup Government spying has the potential to be good and beneficial but as of right now, they’re wasting time and make citizens paranoid that their every single move is being watched. Through this, a mutual sense of trust between citizen and government is lost. S

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