Progression 5

I've decided to make a case study on the United States of America in this case in regards how a country's political state affects the opinions on internet safety/privacy. In this study journal, oh so rightly named the National Journal, it seems that a majority of the country's netizens are not only concerned about their privacy on the net, but they also rather take the safe-keeping into their own hands.

 However, they are sincerely concerned by the vulnerability of the internet to hacking and other nuisances. In comes the NSA surveillance and we find through their spyware and surveys the percentage of affected netizens and those who might be next. The journal also places statistics on our vulnerability to remind us that internet safety and security might be very much needed as well, though netizens are still vying for a right to some degree of privacy.


In my opinion now, perhaps having spyware isn't such a bad thing, since it means that the government can keep track of any danger iyou may come into contact with online. Unfortunately this also comes with it's own risks, such as scenarios like someone successfully jacking the NSA spyware for example. It would be a terrifying ordeal for everyone if something like that came to pass so in this case, it seems finding solutions for problems opens up even more issues.

The journal can be found here:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/71216/americans-worries-about-internet-privacy-go-beyond-nsa-surveillance

Harvard Reference:

National Journal, (2016). Americans’ Worries About Internet Privacy Go Beyond NSA Surveillance. [online] Available at: http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/71216/americans-worries-about-internet-privacy-go-beyond-nsa-surveillance [Accessed 8 Jan. 2016].