14 DAY TRIAL // The NSA is on hot coals after basically admitting to spying on millions of people. As the PRISM project came to light, the audience divided into two.
There are those who are outraged that Big Brother has been watching, listening and reading their messages, and those who simply don’t care.
And while it’s good to be Zen about the problems life throws at you, indifference is not the way to go.
The argument of “I have nothing to hide” goes against everything that privacy means. Unsurprisingly, this is one of the most common retorts against those who advocate for absolute privacy and it’s the also the emptiest.
Regardless if you have anything to hide or not, you have the right to privacy. And this is not an issue that concerns citizens the United States alone, but the rest of the world as well. Everyone can and should be enraged when their privacy is disrespected.
Sure, there’s no one walking in on you while you shower, but it’s even worse. If your private conversations are listened to, it means they’re not private anymore.
The issue with this program run by the NSA is that it violates privacy on an even deeper level – it listens in on your thoughts. Everything that comes out of your mouth and everything you type on social networks, messages or emails can be spied on.
It doesn’t really matter that you’re as clean as a nun, because it’s a matter of principle. You’d be mad if someone read your mail, you’d be mad if one of your friends logged onto any of your online accounts without permission.
So you should be at the very least annoyed with the news that transpired about the NSA program. It’s your right to have privacy and it should be respected as such.