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Clearly, the United States is in unfamiliar territory when it comes to combat-
ing counter-terrorism with technology. The founding fathers could not foresee
the technological advances, and the complications that arose from them. Under-
standably, the United States law enforcement is having a rough time reconciling
the constitutional rights a orded to its citizens, while protecting them from a
terrorist threat.
Initially, the government struggled with this balance. What brought these
laws on in the rst place was the lack of balance; security dominated privacy
during the Vietnam War to an unacceptable point. While FISA, in reality, did
not do much, it did set a precedent for later acts. Its wording was built on over
decades, slowly evolving it into something e ective.
As time went on, technology expanded even more. With the creation of the
Internet, and other technological advances, the previous laws were no longer
applicable. People knew this, and the government feared if they did not put
protections in place, the general population would not utilize the Internet, for
fear of being spied on. ECPA was passed, and provided privacy for Americans
on the Internet; people were not to be monitored without cause.
However, law enforcement agencies surveillance technology was not always
compatible with the new technology available to the general public. If the tech-
nologies were not compatible, surveillance could not be conducted, and this was
a huge problem. This brought about the passage of CALEA, which compelled
any telecommunications carrier to ensure their technology was compatible with
the government's surveillance technology. This guaranteed it was possible for
the government to monitor suspects.
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tion on domestic policies. It is then when the majority of citizens will support
the left wing, and demand the laws passed previously, that infringed on their
privacy, be repealed or changed.
Overall, law always has been, and always will be, changing and evolving:
there will never be just one solution to the problem of balancing privacy and
security, but instead a large set of options. As society changes, the laws required
will change as well. No nal solution will ever be found to please everyone
in the struggle between privacy and security. Instead, society must strive for
an acceptable balance, a system where law enforcement agencies can conduct
fruitful surveillance without entirely trampling on privacy rights. If this middle
ground is discovered, maybe both sides will be appeased enough to agree, and
this issue can nally be put to rest.
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Ever since day one, people have been developing and creating all sorts of new methods and machines to help better everyday life in one way or another. Who can forget the invention of the ever-wondrous telephone? And we can’t forget how innovative and life-changing computers have been. However, while all machines have their positive uses, there can also be many negatives depending on how one uses said machines, wiretapping in on phone conversations, using spyware to quietly survey every keystroke and click one makes, and many other methods of unwanted snooping have arisen. As a result, laws have been made to make sure these negative uses are not taken advantage of by anyone. But because of how often technology changes, how can it be known that the laws made so long ago can still uphold proper justice? With the laws that are in place now, it’s a constant struggle to balance security with privacy. Privacy laws should be revised completely in order to create a better happy medium between security and privacy. A common misconception of most is that a happy medium of privacy and security is impossible to achieve. However, as well-said by Daniel Solove, “Protecting privacy doesn’t need to mean scuttling a security measure. Most people concerned about the privacy implications of government surveillance aren’t arguing for no[sic] surveillance and absolute privacy. They’d be fine giving up some privacy as long as appropriate controls, limitations, oversight and accountability mechanisms were in place.”(“5 Myths about Privacy”)
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