It has been proposed that wire taps on internet sites should be more easily done. Obama’s reasoning for this is that criminals now use the internet to communicate, rather than the phone, so they need a way to “track” their conversations. They want to implement this plan for things such as Facebook, Skype, Google, and other popular internet programs. However, the companies have not responded to this plan yet, for lack of details. Also, before this plan is implemented, they will have to deal with the issue of people’s rights possibly being violated.
I personally think this should be done, but there need to be some serious rules set into place before it’s done. They need to make the program that does this very difficult to hack to avoid the general public’s privacy from being invaded. Also they need to have probable cause along with evidence before they begin snooping through people’s internet lives. I think it should also be monitored by a private company paired with the government rather than one of the other, that way the monitoring isn’t abused or doesn’t become out of control. They would also have to make it known to users before they sign up for a program or website that the site is monitored and that what they do on it has the right to be investigated. Therefore, I think it’s a good idea because many major terrorists meet and make plans over the internet now a days; however, they should have a way to keep the information secure and make sure that the monitoring isn’t abused.
KOPYTOFF, VERNE G. "Internet Wiretapping Proposal Met With Silence - NYTimes.com." Technology - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com. 28 Sept. 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/internet-wiretapping-proposal-met-with-silence/?ref=technology>.
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