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- 5. Privacy on the line
| 4. Big brother is listening:
- The 9/11 attacks produced some changes in telecommunications surveillance laws. - Law enforcement can listen in on phone conversations and read your email only if they have a warrant from a local judge that established a probable cause for their search. In another case, however, information about the time and destination of calls (called trap-and-trace information) is considered less private and is easier to obtain as no hearing or probable cause required. - Under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, Law enforcement have special access to Internet provider networks. - Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act which significantly expanded the scope of surveillance. - Trap-and-trace authority is extended to the Internet. - The FBI and the CIA can conduct nationwide roving wiretaps without going through local courts or even naming specific suspects. => Civil libertarians fear this legislation could usher in a future society. 5. Privacy on the line: A. Issue/threat: - The issue of telephone privacy is complex as it depends upon the technology we use and where we use it. If we use a cordless phone, we lose our legal right to privacy. Cell phones, on the other hand, are protected by law that won’t allow scanners to access your phone though older-model can tune in. - Carrying on our cell phone conversations in a public space is not only considered as being rude but also allows our private or sensitive conversations to be recorded and intercepted. - A new privacy threat comes from cell phone locator services. B. Solution: - Mobile ads can both slow your phone down and deplete your monthly data allowance, so it is advisable to learn how to use privacy settings to manage which services have access to your location data. - It’s a good idea to erase your cell phone memory when you turn on your phone. - Now you can sign up online “Do Not Call” to have your phone number protected under the Federal Trade Commission from telemarketing calls. However, telemarketers have learned to disguise their true identities, making it difficult for both consumers and FTC to track down the offenders. - Another privacy option is to encrypt your calls though a powerful enough computer is capable of unscrambling them. Or, you can protect your cell phone with a password that will lock the phone after repeated attempts to open it. tải về 3.81 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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