Should The Government Have Access To Your Text Messages For Public Safety?
May 31, 2021
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as posted by the channelPublic security vs personal privacy. Should the government, and law enforcement, have access to our private encrypted text messages during investigations in the name of public safety? That’s the topic of today’s privacy debate.
Welcome back to Millennial Minute with Julia Sun! Be sure to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for all things BOLD.
Joining Julia Sun today is Ben Pring, co-author of “Monster: A Tough Love Letter On Taming the Machines that Rule our Jobs, Lives, and Future”, and political strategist Ajay Bruno.
Ajay Bruno starts off by saying that when it comes to these instances of cybersecurity, it’s all a matter of context. If we’re looking at a situation where the government has unfettered access to everything regardless of the level of privacy, that should be reserved for the most extreme crimes and threats towards public safety. When it comes to what is fair game in the public sector vs private sector, Ajay says it’s a difficult balance.
Ben Pring says that law enforcement does have pretty broad access to most if not everything when it comes to privacy and cybersecurity. What he objects to is this type of society today where everything is recorded and kept, and the grey area is exactly on the point where we don’t want to live in a police state, but law enforcement needs to have access to what’s necessary when the crime is extreme enough.
Like what happened regarding Edward Snowden, both guests believe that the government shouldn't be monitoring us 24/7, but they do believe that there are some instances when the government should be allowed access to what's necessary for public safety.
What do you think of this privacy debate? Public sector vs private sector, is your privacy at stake? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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