Argument #1: The monitoring of personal usage and web usage
can be an invasion of privacy.
Once in a while, companies and organizations change their privacy
policies. Apple's iMessage and the WhatsApp app use end-to-end
encryption to prevent messages from being read by anyone or any
company/organization/government while they are sent and received
between two different people. However, there have been thoughts to
put an end to this encryption style, therefore weakening the walls
of cyber security, which can lead to these organizations being able
to actually see more information than they need to, including your
messages (Griffin, 2011). This can prove to be very dangerous; it is
an invasion of privacy, and can especially be dangerous if a hacker
gets a hold of all of this personal information. Imagine all the
things that could happen if the wrong person got a hold of personal
information.
Argument #2: The government cannot be trusted and therefore
should not have access to our activities online.
The U.S. government has recently admitted to having the ability to
monitor everything a person does online (Revesz, 2016). A survey
conducted by the United States government found that nearly half of
the internet population is slowly decreasing their online presence
and limiting what they say and do. These activities include simple
everyday activities such as online shopping or posting on social
media sites (Bolton, 2016).