Somebody's watching you: Social media and surveillance - MM52 P13

1) Security, privacy and surveillance is clearly outlined in the article 'Somebody's watching you'. It claims that complete strangers might be invading your privacy and signalling their intent in hacking and getting information from you. The famous hacker, Edward Snowden showed how the United States and the United Kingdom have clear intentions of total surveillance over the Internet, in some way it makes sense because it is invading individuals privacy but these organisations are only doing it for these individual's safety and security and you shouldn't be too worried about someone invading your privacy if you have nothing to hide. 

2) I don't really mind if I am being tracked and put under surveillance because as me personally, I don't have anything to hide and it is only done for my own benefit, these organisations are only invading people's emails and accounts because they can find certain clues and ultimately catch criminals and terrorists who would be using the ever so growing Internet to get down with their everyday criminal life. It is a very small price to pay for the benefits of a life online because there needs to be a gatekeeper and a sense of authority online or else false information will fall out and criminals and terrorists will easily manoeuvre and use the Internet to plan their actions and attacks. On the other hand, one can argue that someone watching you is an invasion of your privacy however how many people's privacy is actually worth anything to those massive organisations like the FBI, CIA or MI5 who are after the bad guys.