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They say Knowledge is Power, but is too much knowledge a thread to your privacy?
The Total Information Awareness was a program by the Department of Defense to monitor the activities of Americans and aliens to protect against terrorists. Pushed by Bush administration, this program's usefulness was reconsidered after the horrifying events on 9/11. Some people saw the T.I.A as a threat to the Privacy Act of 1974, which prevented the government from sharing personal information; other individuals appreciated the program because they felt more protected from terrorists and domestic terrorists.
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The New York Times describes the T.I.A's methods, stating that it
"develops data-mining and profiling technologies that could analyze commercial transactions and private communications."
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The in depth knowledge and information that the this program can collect about any and all American citizens is alarming to privacy advocates.
Officially, the program was shut down in 2003 and but there has been rumors that its has been redesigned and it now operates under a code name.
As an advocate for the privacy of American citizens, I feel this is a violation of my privacy. However, because the program only monitors information and does not sell, share, and use my information, I can see the value in the program. If it protects U.S. citizens from violence and bloodshed, the T.I.A would definitely be a beneficial program.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/magazine/the-year-in-ideas-total-information-awareness.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness
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