Privacy

Privacy

Surveillance as the issue , related to a number of areas and close-knit with technological progress , means literally `to watch from above . Both Paul Saffo (2005 ) and James Bovard (2004 ) criticize the modern stage of such monitoring and draw quite sad prospects for the future . In fact modern Americans are facing the conflict between the two major values safety and privacy , which seems to be resolved in favor of safety [Thesis]The current trends and features of surveillance are not acceptable , given that they ignore human natural rights , raise fear ideology , generate

new opportunities for corruption and make the control over the subject of overseeing barely possible . [End thesis]

As Bovard writes , In May 2002 , after revelations that the FBI missed many warning signs before 9 /11 , Attorney general John Ashcroft announced that he was effectively abolishing restrictions on FBI surveillance of Americans ' everyday life (Bovard , 2004 ,

.1 . In addition , the comprehensive Patriot Act was signed the document notably expands the appropriate government control . According to Saffo , the development of biometrics allows using DNA fingerprinting to detect criminality traits physical pathologies and family diseases (Saffo , 2005 ,

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In this sense , it is useful to look more carefully at the state 's own right to oversee the inner side of human life , or the private space , in relation to the natural right . In fact , the natural right refers to the power people had before the creation of legal and political power over them for instance , the basic natural rights are life , free expression personal space and sufficient quality of life . Therefore , as a purely social product , the body of power is supposed to prove its ability to serve citizens by abiding to the natural rights as those which existed before its birth . The realization of the natural rights is the state 's function , so the government nowadays seems to rebel against its actual creators , the society with regard to the FBI 's measures in the past and nowadays : One FBI field office bragged that one such letter to a black activist 's wife produced the tangible result ' and certainly contributed very strongly ' to the marriage 's demise . The FBI targeted the women 's liberation movement , resulting in intensive reporting on the identities and opinions of women who attended ' women 's lib meetings (Bovard , 2004 ,

.7 . The use of such techniques shows that the government puts itself above society . At the same time , the administration consists of Americans , who are the part of society as well , so officials are simply acting against themselves

Nowadays , the FBA officials have the right to seize personal information and collect citizens ' pros (Bovard , 2004 ,

.1 . Moreover , the post-9 /11 changes include the possibility of recording phone dialogues According to Saffo , one of state-run programs also encouraged Americans to share their genetic identities (Saffo , 2005 ,

.2 . Such desire for grabbing information seems suspicious , as it might be caused by Bush and officials ' ambitions for greater power over American nation and for weaker...