What is the Balance Between Security and Freedom?

In the past decade terrorism has become a real threat to our society as a whole. Since 9/11, attacks in London, Madrid, and Tokyo have increased our need for security. Security policies are becoming stricter and stricter causing some civil liberties to be affected. The question is now arising whether our freedom or our safety is more important.

Our post 9/11 world is a different place. The Patriot Act restricts our freedoms, while travel and our borders are becoming a hot topic. Security keeps increasing year after year and in Little Brother the fictional Patriot Act II continues to further restrict our American freedoms.

How Can Privacy be Regulated?

Privacy in the internet can be regulated more easily once congress is able to successfully pass more bills preventing privacy violations.  Because the constitution did not foresee our advancement in technology, there was no way they could predict violation problems within the internet.  Thus, violation of privacy laws are extremely ambiguous today.  The government is limited on their reglation on the internet because many privacy violations are technically legal.  Many people who know a lot about the internet are using thise vague rules to invade naive users privacy.  Many cases are beginning to successfully regulate social networks, especially the 15 billion dollar lawsuit that Facebook is currently facing due to violation of privacy.
http://technorati.com/business/article/new-facebook-privacy-violations-add-to/

How Has Technology Impacted Privacy?

Technology has created new, undefined semi-public realms for the masses. The rapid rate at which technology has developed surpassed the ability for legislation to legally define privacy with the multitudes of different technologies. Cispa, along with other recent legislation, has been attempting to deal with the issue of privacy rights granted to internet users. Technology widened access to information of all kinds, and thus to some extent have intruded on innate privacy of the past. Social networks currently act as hubs of personal and intmate information public to most technology savvy users.


http://www.facebook.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and_Protection_Act

Regards & God Bless America

What is Privacy?

Privacy is a notion of having the ability, as an individual, to selectively and comfortably conceal personal actions, information or beliefs.

Amendment I (1): Freedom of religion, speech, and the press; rights of assembly and petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II (2): Right to bear arms
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III (3): Housing of soldiers
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV (4): Search and arrest warrants
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/bill-of-rights/