National Security - Privacy Research Paper

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Privacy laws exist for a reason. Even if we don’t always appreciate them, they’re still there to protect us from intrusion. We can always give up information voluntarily when it suits us; that’s part of our privacy rights. However, it may not be wise to give up our right to keep information concealed, entirely. Sometimes, it is necessary for the good of the country to sacrifice some privacy. And even with privacy laws in place, the government has broken them in the name of security. We need this balance between security and privacy in order to keep our country and government safe. Although we give up some privacy rights, we allow a safer country and more intelligence to be gathered for the greater good and protection of the nation. Privacy and security need to be properly balanced in a country or else there may be too much power on one side. If we allow too much trust in the government, we might be asked for your phone records, your bank records, then your travel records; little by little, privacy can be chipped away. And if we’re too careful with our privacy, we’ll be too susceptible to attacks from other nations and people. Although it is tough to judge, there needs to be a clear balance between the privacy of citizens and the security of a nation.

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