Right to Privacy as a Basic Right

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The government should not invade the privacy of American citizens because although everyone has come to embrace social networking, it is not right or appropriate for the government to watch its citizens like Big Brother.
Privacy rights are very important to the United States citizens. The fourth amendment protects some of our rights. No officer of the law can search any person’s property or belongings without a search warrant approved and signed by a judge first. The police have to obtain a search warrant; they get a search warrant by having probable cause and show proof that a crime is being committed. We have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The government cannot take away or limit our enumerated rights (2nd). The right to privacy is the most comprehensible and the most valued by citizens. People like to be private, and most of the time they get angry or upset when their privacy is invaded, even though they put most of their information and business on social networks. This is weird to me because they like to be private but they still post all of their information on social websites, it is kind of contradictory. (Roman
Espejo)
Public security cameras can enhance your safety by making communities safer. They can catch abuses, robberies, rapes, theft, etc. Some people do not approve of the public cameras and surveillance systems, although they are for security reasons only. These cameras do not intend to invade on your privacy (Roman Espejo). The government has huge technological facilities where they develop new devices every day. The government has huge computers with massive databases with DNA and genetic material for every United States citizen. The government has cameras everywhere to keep an eye ou...

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