Privacy in the Digital Age | Politics & Policy - 0 views
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carpenterdr on 10 Oct 14The contest between individual privacy and government authority has been part of the American experience since its earliest days as a nation. Debate over the quartering of British troops in American homes and general writs of investigation by the Crown spawned two of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. Over the last 235 years, innovations like telephones, automobiles, email and airplanes have shifted the landscape - but not importance - of the privacy debate.
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carpenterdr on 10 Oct 14The contest between individual privacy and government authority has been part of the American experience since its earliest days as a nation. Debate over the quartering of British troops in American homes and general writs of investigation by the Crown spawned two of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. Over the last 235 years, innovations like telephones, automobiles, email and airplanes have shifted the landscape - but not importance - of the privacy debate.