It may be because I work for a cyber company. Or it may be that I'm naive. But when all of these people start complaining that the government is listening to their calls or scanning their emails - the only thing I can think of is, thank goodness. Thank goodness because by doing so, they may catch a bad guy doing bad things. And also, I'm not doing bad things so what the heck do I care?
I know that net security is a big topic, and I also understand why people have a problem with big brother watching 24/7. And I sort of get it. But by my matter of thinking, we'd all have a much bigger problem if those terrorists that the FBI and DHS were watching on the internet were free to complete whatever nefarious plans they had in the works. Law Enforcement's job is hard enough already. Why should we make their jobs any harder by questioning every single move they make to keep us safe on the internet?
This topic sort of came up today at lunch (like I said, cyber company therefore computer nerds). We were talking about whether or not to have social media accounts. We all thought you should definitely have them - but don't be stupid. Understand what you should and shouldn't reveal on a public forum. Duh! If everyone would just abide by the the Don't be a dummy rule, maybe they wouldn't be so up in arms that big brother was looking at their data.
PS: And as a simple point of contention - why do you think you're special enough that you think the entire Department of Defense wants to scan your vacation photos or your travel spreadsheets? They're just looking at ones and zeros people!
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