Why Government Snooping in Your Info Isn't Cool

Katie Pavlich | June 10, 2013 10:30 AM

Since hearing the news that the government has been secretly tracking the phone calls of hundreds of millions of Americans, some have argued, "Meh, if you aren't doing anything wrong then why does it matter?" But the truth is, it does matter.

The NSA system allows the government to monitor calls of innocent people, before they've done anything wrong. If sometime in the future a specific individual does something wrong, either on purpose or by accident, the government can then go back into the system and look through everything that person has every done online or with their phones.

In America, we aren't guilty until proven innocent, we're innocent until proven guilty. The government secretly monitoring everyone with a cell phone strongly implies guilt first. The government doesn't have a right to come into your home without a warrant, they also don't have a right to invade your privacy through the internet.