English Essay
The security of privacy
Since the arising of States in the world, there has been a discussion about what rights people
should give up for the government. Many of the issues from the past are solved and most
people won’t even realise that these were once issues. However, there are still some aspects
that we cannot seem to solve. One of them is the balance between privacy and security. In
the following paragraphs this aspect will be discussed.
In the past few years, criminality has been changing. While museums and banks aren’t being
robbed as much as they used to, the rates of digital crimes such as hackers have been
increasing. People surfing the internet are not safe anymore and the crimes ‘outside’ have
been changing too. The safety of citizens is being threatened by terrorism. Terrorist attacks
have happened all over the world, and it seems essential to improve national security, even if
that means that people will have to give up privacy.
On the other hand, society has already taken away so much of the privacy. Governments
can intercept phone conversations and online searching history and in some countries they
have the permission to store that information for up to three years. The government has so
much information about us that the question is if giving up more privacy is the solution for the
changing crime rates.
Despite this, there is another reason why national security would be more important than
privacy. Privacy is something personal, and some people consider it as more valuable then
others. Contrary to that, national security is something every citizen should value. National
security is sometimes a matter of life and death and that is why it should be a priority.
In summary, privacy is very important to people, especially these days when privacy is
frequently being taken away. On the other hand, national security has become more
important because of new and complex crimes. In my opinion, national security is more
important than privacy, but I strongly believe that we will always need to find a balance
between the two.
The security of privacy
Since the arising of States in the world, there has been a discussion about what rights people
should give up for the government. Many of the issues from the past are solved and most
people won’t even realise that these were once issues. However, there are still some aspects
that we cannot seem to solve. One of them is the balance between privacy and security. In
the following paragraphs this aspect will be discussed.
In the past few years, criminality has been changing. While museums and banks aren’t being
robbed as much as they used to, the rates of digital crimes such as hackers have been
increasing. People surfing the internet are not safe anymore and the crimes ‘outside’ have
been changing too. The safety of citizens is being threatened by terrorism. Terrorist attacks
have happened all over the world, and it seems essential to improve national security, even if
that means that people will have to give up privacy.
On the other hand, society has already taken away so much of the privacy. Governments
can intercept phone conversations and online searching history and in some countries they
have the permission to store that information for up to three years. The government has so
much information about us that the question is if giving up more privacy is the solution for the
changing crime rates.
Despite this, there is another reason why national security would be more important than
privacy. Privacy is something personal, and some people consider it as more valuable then
others. Contrary to that, national security is something every citizen should value. National
security is sometimes a matter of life and death and that is why it should be a priority.
In summary, privacy is very important to people, especially these days when privacy is
frequently being taken away. On the other hand, national security has become more
important because of new and complex crimes. In my opinion, national security is more
important than privacy, but I strongly believe that we will always need to find a balance
between the two.
