Commentary on United We Are The People.

In a recent blog post by, United We Are The People, highlights the alarming concern of internet privacy. Though I agree mostly with the blogger's views I disagree that citizens with criminal records should have their information monitored. Through a constitutional standpoint, any type of monitoring without probable cause is a violation of the citizens right to privacy. Even though these citizens have convicted of a crime does not mean that they should give up their personal privacy all together. Human rights should be placed over anything else. If we make a generalization that all criminals will continue to pursue deviant, unlawful behavior, then we should take a look at ourselves and rethink how we view our society, and our country. Internet privacy in our technologically advanced society should be a right to everyone. Not simply if you haven't committed a crime. In our world, many people hold their entire lives on their connected devices. If this continues, what stopping the government for creating a Facebook like algorithm to isolate and target individuals based on the content on their devices. Without internet privacy it leads us into a police state, where we must constantly watch out backs and look out for Uncle Sam. That is not the country I would want to live in, nor the country that I ever will.