You walk out of your house, get into your car, and drive down the street towards some unknown destination. However by leaving your house, someone sees you. They keep track of every move you make. This person already knows where you live and what kind of car you drive. When you make a left turn, the person finds out your name because you yell out the window to your friend. You go downtown and drive through the ATM. Guess what? The person following you now has your pin number and knows what bank your money is in. Your next stop is the post office where you go inside to get your mail. Right behind you, watching to see your post office box number, is the same person. They stand just close enough to watch you flip through your mail and to see where every letter came from and to see which letters you put in the out box. Are you feeling a little worried yet? Do you want this person to leave you alone? Do you know this is all legal?

"Leaving your house" or "getting on the internet" is not secure or private. Internet-Service Providers can keep a record of the sites you visit, every move you make on-line. Web sites use cookies to follow people around the internet

Upon an application made under section 3122(a)(1) of this title, the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device if the court finds that the attorney for the Government has certified to the court that the information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation. Such order shall, upon service of such order, apply to any entity providing wire or electronic communication service in the United States whose assistance may facilitate that execution of the order.

On September 20th, 2001, a bill went in front of the House of Representatives. The bill was called the Public Safety and Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2001. The legislation of section 3122(a)(1) is the most important of the act (Bill 3).

Seventy-nine percent of the American people said that they would give up some freedoms to make the country safer from terrorist attacks in a poll in an article in The New York Times. Forty-five percent of the population said that they would allow monitoring for safety reasons. These people are willing to give up some privacy for protection from terrorists. The privacy they are giving up is privacy that was given up to hackers and terrorists long ago (Guernsey 2).

In a publication by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was stated that electronic surveillance has helped the government convict over 25,600 felons over a period of 13 years. Terrorist and criminals use the internet to research, to communicate with each other, and to communicate with their victims (Kerr 1). The Electronic Privacy Information Center stated that if the government had the ability to monitor the internet, they could prevent many crimes from being committed (EPIC 2).

So, is this too much power for the government? How much do we need to be watched? The Public Safety and Cyber Security Enhancement Act is going to allow the government to legally fight terrorism. Is that too much power? I don't think so! The new bill allows for the government to protect us from terrorist, when the terrorist could be spying on us. So, is this too much power for the government? The only people who are against the bill have som

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