Progression 4

A new angle and argument to this issue continues with some information I found that suggests that the government is spying on it's citizens not for their benefit, but our own. In the following articles, I found that some people agree that their privacy is being threatened by hackers and foreign powers alike and that keeping spyware on all users allows the government to keep tabs on suspicious activity. This provides a new light on the NECESSITY of spyware and it's benefits for us than against us.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/20/countries-should-protect-privacy-digital-age

There has also been an interest in providing users the ability to see the data that their government has been keeping on them to allow the citizens some freedom to check on just how far their online privacy goes and the boundaries which the government has deemed fit to overcome. Strangely, only a few countries complied to this, perhaps showing it's lack of importance to the eyes of the officials.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/228627/article.html

Either way, it is a good angle to think about the PROS of spyware instead of simply stating the CONS as most users would do in bias.

Harvard reference:

Baker, J. (2016). EU Countries Ignore New Law on Internet Privacy. [online] PCWorld. Available at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/228627/article.html [Accessed 4 Jan. 2016].
Human Rights Watch, (2013). Countries Should Protect Privacy in Digital Age. [online] Available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/20/countries-should-protect-privacy-digital-age [Accessed 4 Jan. 2016].