As a notetaker, I hope to hear arguments by both sides that provide answers for the more philosophical\u00a0questions\u00a0behind the debate. I see both sides of the privacy vs. security debate, but I definitely\u00a0lean towards privacy. However, since I come from a point-of-view that’s\u00a0on the fence for certain issues, hearing one of the\u00a0sides provide a really solid answer for one of those heavy hitting points could tip the scale.<\/p>\n
One such point for the surveillance side that I myself would love to have a counter for is in regards to the inherent\u00a0nature of government. Above all, the United States government is supposed\u00a0to ensure the well-being and prosperity of its citizens. Yet, how are they able to carry this out without having a wide latitude of electronic surveillance? Even the most seemingly normal\u00a0people can go on to commit atrocious acts, so would it not be in the best interest of the people to be able to keep some watch over the citizens? I am not even sure that there is an exact answer for this because, at the end of the day, the answer comes down to personal belief on a person to person basis.<\/p>\n
An argument made by security that I would like to see countered is the fact that those for security seemingly overvalue the threat of terrorism. In reality, terrorists are a rare occurrence, so why should many have to suffer for one?<\/p>\n
Overall, I look forward to listening from the sidelines as the topic is debated. The side that can find really concrete answers to questions along these lines will be able to\u00a0make the best argument in my opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a notetaker, I hope to hear arguments by both sides that provide answers for the more philosophical\u00a0questions\u00a0behind the debate. I see both sides of the privacy vs. security debate, but I definitely\u00a0lean towards privacy. However, since I come from a point-of-view that’s\u00a0on the fence for certain issues, hearing one of the\u00a0sides provide a really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[228,88,101,261,193],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-posts","tag-debate","tag-government","tag-national-security","tag-security-vs-privacy","tag-surveillance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}