Topic > NSA: They're Watching - 584

As of June 30, 2012, there are more than two million Internet users worldwide (“World Internet User Usage Statistics and World Population Statistics”). The National Security Agency (NSA) has been monitoring US citizens since 2005 ("EFF NSA Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation"). They are supposed to track down only suspects and dangerous people, but instead they delved deep into the lives of innocents. While their intentions may be morally correct, the NSA is jeopardizing private information from the Internet and must be outlawed to protect the people of the United States. From Facebook to Twitter, you can find out what's happening in the world that's "trending." Is it right to let companies like Google store your Internet browsing history and use it to attract users? Some may not consider this a problem, but what if Google wasn't the only one with such information? Well, this is exactly what is happening. Google and 140 other companies are reportedly already tracking users to tailor advertisements to their users' recent history or videos they've watched....