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This article highlights a recent release of information from the NSA regarding the number of personal e-mails they "inadvertently" ended up collecting through a mistake. According to The Washington Post during a three year period the NSA collected up to 56,000 personal e-mails with no links to terrorism whatsoever. The article concludes stating that these findings were brought to light because of several different lawsuits currently levied against the NSA for violating personal privacy rights.

This article talks about the governments spying on millions Americans. It also talks about how long this has been going on and lawsuits going on to fight against the lawsuit.

This article shows us how the NSA was spying information of millions of ordinary Americans. It had been possible with the assistance of major telecommunications carriers.

This article shows us how the NSA was spying information of millions of ordinary Americans. It had been possible with the assistance of major telecommunications carriers.

An Author of the Patriot Act is accusing the NSA of abusing their power. President Obama defends the Act.

Article from "The Hill" documenting certain abuses admitted to by the chief of the NSA. This article gives just one example of why something like this is just too much power for humans to have.

The National Security Agency has greatly expanded since September 11, 2001. People have come forward and recently exposed the corruption of the system, and the spying the agency has conducted on millions of Americans, through phone calls and other mass forms of media we consume everyday.

I understand the reason for the surveillance, but I feel that if they find nothing wrong, they should move on. I also feel that it is a violation of peoples' rights to privacy. If I was a suspected terrorist or caught peeping on sites that I shouldn't, please track me so that I don't hurt anyone or do irreparable damage. However, if you spy on me and all I do is talk to family and do homework, pay bills and occasionally visit Facebook, then just leave me alone. Spend the time watching someone that you should be.

Whether the NSA is listening to you or not, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, they are not sharing your information with others, nor are they even listening closely to your conversation. The NSA was weakened through the repealing of the patriot act last year, and since there have been 3 major terror attacks on the homeland, a clear rise in terror in the homeland through the gained power of terrorist due to paranoia from American citizens, who value privacy over safety.

Article from the CATO institute about the past NSA abuses that have been caught linking it to the current situation. This article presents a very bleak future for privacy.

A government advisory panel said Thursday that the bulk data collection program run by the National Security Agency is illegal and should be halted. That is illegal and should be stopped.

This article is about the programs exposed by the NSA leaker Edward Snowden and the effects it has had on citizens of the European Union.

After the information on NSA programs were leaked people have taken a stance on the governments surveillance programs. The people are deciding that the programs should be limited and are making themselves heard.

This article talks about how many times the National Security Agency violated American's rights with the unauthorized surveillance of many Americans. Some of these cases were unintentional and some were intentional. The number reported was said to only have covered a few of the NSA locations but not all.

Two conflicting, federal court rulings have captured the headlines and set the debate over the growing use of technology and where to draw the line between keeping Americans safe and respecting individual privacy and civil liberties. In one ruling in early December, Judge Richard J. Leon of Washington called the

Top secret court order forced Verizon to give up call data. Court order says, Verizon has to give up all call details, or telephony metadata, created by Verizon for communication. Basically, this means who you are, where you are, who your talking to, and how long you talked.

This article talks about the personal privacy of American citizens and how the government is using surveillance tactics through social media and other internet sources. The article mentions trying to find out how many people the government has surveyed and how they will not release a definite number. But the article does mention that it is for our protection and the purpose is to find foreigners. The article lists many different sights and products we use that are currently being surveyed.

The NSA is one of many companies that follow people privacy. People are now understanding that big companies are invading their privacy. There is a line that these companies can not cross when looking in someone's personal lives.

An agent from NSA was invading peoples privacy. He was watching peoples personal accounts such as emails. Other companies are also involved in watching peoples privacy. The judge of the case wants to keep a balance with the personal lives of American citizens.

I agree that people most definitely have the right to privacy. Although, I think that if someone commits a serious crime, they should certainly be investigated.

Privacy is important. I agree that if someone breaks the law that they should lose their privacy in order to find out more about them.

Explains the authors stance one the NSA program PRISM.The author explains that there needs to be boundaries as to how far the government uses its programs in order to protect civil rights of American's.

I completely agree with this. We can't stop the government from watching what we type but there should be a limit to what they can and cannot see.

Is the loss of civil liberties worth the convenience of technology?

Technology has and will always be a huge part of my life. Having grown up with a brother heavily into gaming, programming, and IT work I got to see first hand the in's and out's of how the web works. It all comes down to how you manage your own security. Of course, there will always be the paranoia of being monitored but that has been happening for a long time. It all comes down to being cautious with what you do alone and or over technologies.

This book captures the many facets of information gathering by digital dossiers. It reminded me of the recent unveiled programs called Tempora and Prism used by the United Kingdom and NSA. The extent of these programs capacity to siphon user data iset deeply guarded and not known in detail, however the dossiers gathered by our internet traffic on an individual basis should alarm users. I belive privacy is priceless, if I told my grandfather who passed in 2006 the extent we divulge our personal information on social media he would probably find it unbelievable. He was born in 1920 became an officer in the United States Air Force and served in WW2. The idea of privacy has changed with each generation. The way we perceive the handheld devices we all carry as young as the age of 5, may seem to our greatest generation who is currently exiting our society as a mere tracking device for big brother. This reading was very informative.

A concise timeline of the evolution of wiretap laws. It starts in 1791

An explanation of what PRISM is, written by an About.com Guide.