Protect Our Privacy

Many believed that the Internet has created new forms of freedoms that we as American citizens rely on, however the Internet has begun to inhibit our right of privacy. Although privacy is not a right laid out by the constitution, it is a right that government and the Supreme Court have chosen to protect.

Recent posts on Blue States of Mind and our class blog Press Control Shift, show that privacy is becoming something of the past because of the Internet. I have seen websites similar to Google's new satellite map tool where you can look online at any location from space. As long as you have an address you can look at any home, office, or park from a website.

There are also websites all over the internet where you can type in a phone number and get an address or vice versa. Anyone can find whom ever they want just typing a few key strokes. Another invasion of privacy.

Is anyone else scared? Does anyone else see how these websites can benefit terrorists? Terrorists can look a government office building to see its location and create blue prints for a possible attack. In a time when we are fighting a war on terrorism, the government should be looking at the possible tools terrorist are using online. There is a fine line the government cannot cross restricting freedom of speech, but there needs to be a way for the government to protect our privacy.